Alice Walker Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“Israel is guilty of apartheid and persecution of the Palestinian people, both inside Israel and also in the Occupied Territories.”

“I think the War on Terror is really absurd, especially coming from a country that is founded on terrorism.”

“Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors.”

“People have so many hang-ups about how other people live their lives. People always want to keep you in a little box, or they need to label you and fix you in time and location.”

“I used to meditate all the time in bed. That was when I was raising my daughter, and I'd get her up and off to school, and then I would go back to bed and meditate. And then I would do the same in the evening, and that was very good for that period because I had so many things to juggle as a single mother.”

“Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister.”

“I think that all people who feel that there is injustice in the world anywhere should learn as much of it as they can bear. That is our duty.”

“How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names.”

“It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one's children will become than for the children one's 'mature' critics often are.”

“The infinite faith I have in people's ability to understand anything that makes sense has always been justified, finally, by their behavior.”