Quote by Alice Walker
My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smash

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

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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

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Money
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As you know from school, its when you have not prepared for the test that you have the fear of failing. And if you have prepared, even if you fail, youve done your best. – Alice Walker

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best
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Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul. – Alice Walker

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I dont think women are better than men, I think men are a lot worse than women. – Louis C. K.

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Intimacies between women often go backwards, beginning in revelations and ending in small talk. – Elizabeth Bowen

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A woman should be an illusion. – Ian Fleming

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Women are beautiful, and yummy. – A.C. Van Cherub, c.1987

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There is no place in a fanatics head where reason can enter. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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