The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of society or ones people that has not previously been taken into account. – Alice Walker
Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches in it. – Alice Walker
My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my fathers head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap. – Alice Walker
I just like to have words that describe things correctly. Now to me, black feminist does not do that. I need a word that is organic, that really comes out of the culture, that really expresses the spirit that we see in black women. And its just… womanish. – Alice Walker