Be nobody's darling;
Be an outcast.
Take the contradictions
Of your life
And wrap around
You like a shawl,
To parry stones
To keep you warm.
Helped are those who are content to be themselves; they will never lack mystery in their lives and the joys of self-discovery will be constant.
Alice WalkerYou must learn to love only that which cannot be stolen.
Alice Walkerwomanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender
Alice WalkerWhen life descends into the pit
I must become my own candle
Willingly burning my self
To light up the darkness around me.
Expect nothing. Live frugally
On surprise.
become a stranger
To need of pity
Or, if compassion be freely
Given out
Take only enough
Stop short of urge to plead
Then purge away the need.
Wish for nothing larger
Than your own small heart
Or greater than a star;
Tame wild disappointment
With caress unmoved and cold
Make of it a parka
For your soul.
Discover the reason why
So tiny human midget
Exists at all
So scared unwise
But expect nothing. Live frugally
On surprise.
Any God I ever found in church, I brought in myself.
Alice WalkerI don't know. I imagine good teaching as a circle of earnest people sitting down to ask each other meaningful questions. I don't see it as a handing down of answers...
Alice WalkerUs sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that trees do everything to get attention we do, except walk?
Alice WalkerThe animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.
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