To me, the black black woman is our essential mother, the blacker she is the more us she is and to see the hatred that is turned on her is enough to make me despair, almost entirely, of our future as a people. – Alice Walker
All History is current all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world. – Alice Walker
I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That is, if you write what you need to write, as opposed to what will make money, or what will make fame. – Alice Walker
Its so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think thats what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower Is to bloom. – Alice Walker