Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul. – Alice Walker
I can be almost terminally grief-stricken because things are so dire, but at the same time, theres a real lightheartedness about just the recoverability of life, of how things change, how theyre not the same, ever again. – 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
Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom. – Alice Walker