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Alice Walker quotes about time

American Author February 9, 1944

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I can be almost terminally grief-stricken because things are so dire, but at the same time, there's a real lightheartedness about just the recoverability of life, of how things change, how they're not the same, ever again. Alice Walker
First time I think about the world. What the world got to do with anything, I think. Then I see myself sitting there quilting tween Shug Avery and Mr ——. Us three set together gainst Tobias and his fly speck box of chocolate. For the first time in my life, I feel just right. Alice Walker
Mr ___ start up from his seat, look at Shug, plop back down again. He look over at me. I thought you was finally happy, hes say. What wrong now? You a lowdown dog is what's wrong, I say. It's time to leave you and enter into Creation. And your dead body just the welcome mat I need. Alice Walker
Why you like this, huh? Why you always think you have to do things your own way? I ast your mama bout it one time, while you was in jail. What she say? ast Sofia. She say you think your way as good as anybody else's. Plus, it yours. Sofia laugh. Alice Walker
When I offered the word "Womanism" many years ago, it was to give us a tool to use, as feminist women of color, in times like these. These are the moments we can see clearly, and must honor devotedly, our singular path as women of color in the United States. We are not white women and this truth has been ground into us for centuries, often in brutal ways. Alice Walker
You a low down dog is what’s wrong. It’s time to leave you and enter into the creation. And your dead body just the welcome mat I need. Alice Walker
Alice Walker quote: "Time moves slowly, but passes quickly."
Time moves slowly, but passes quickly. Alice Walker
Part of what confuses people in times of upheaval is that you're getting so many different points of view and directions and so and so, how to do this and do that. And a lot of it is written in a language that honestly most people cannot understand. Alice Walker
Alice Walker quote: "Hard times require furious dancing."
Hard times require furious dancing. Alice Walker
It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by this time, I have found several and dearly enjoyed knowing them all. Alice Walker
Alice Walker quote: "I think there is a sense of being forced at this time to look..."
I think there is a sense of being forced at this time to look at America's really large shadow and that's not all that bad. Alice Walker
Alice Walker quote: "If you're silent for a long time, people just arrive in your..."
If you're silent for a long time, people just arrive in your mind. Alice Walker
Alice Walker quote: "Those in power must spend a lot of their time laughing at us."
Those in power must spend a lot of their time laughing at us. Alice Walker
What did it mean for a black woman to be an artist in our grandmothers' time? In our great-grandmothers' day? It is an answer cruel enough to stop the blood. Alice Walker
For a long time, I thought I was ugly and disfigured. This made me shy and timid, and I often reacted to insults that were not intended. Alice Walker

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