Alice Walker Quotes, Men Quotes, Years Quotes

I want something else; a different system entirely. One not seen on this earth for thousands of years. If ever. Democratic Womanism. Notice how this word has "man" right in the middle of it? That's one reason I like it. He is right there, front and center. But he is surrounded. I want to vote and work for a way of life that honors the feminine.

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I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and then, in some practical way, some daily way, figure out how to see people differently than the way we were brought up to.

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Writing poems is my way of celebrating with the world that I have not committed suicide the evening before.

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I have a lot of faith in us. I have a lot of faith in humanity. It's based, though, on my own life; I've come too far to be a pessimist.

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I don't know if you actually get something out of writing poetry. I think poetry is an autonomous muse that decides to come and sit on your couch.

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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.

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Sexuality is one of the ways that we become enlightened, actually, because it leads us to self-knowledge.

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HELPED are those who lose their fear of death; theirs is the power to envision the future in a blade of grass.

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If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for.

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HELPED are those whose ever act is a prayer for harmony in the Universe, for they are the restorers of balance to our planet. To them will be given the insight that every good act done anywhere in the cosmos welcomes the life of an animal or a child.

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Sometimes, reading a blog, which I do infrequently, I see that generations of Americans have been wilfully crippled, and can no longer spell or write a sentence.

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Time moves slowly, but passes quickly.

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The forest is the first cathedral. I felt that from the time I was a child. I credit my mother with that. I used to think it came from her Native-American side. Whichever it was, she instinctively connected with nature, and taught me that.

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All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world.

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Curiosity is my natural state and has led me headlong into every worthwhile experience (never mind the others) I have ever had.

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I'm where I need to be, so my heart is light. Whatever happens, I know - I mean, I feel - that this is absolutely where I should be and I've lived up to my own expectations.

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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.

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Surely the earth can be saved by all the people who insist on love.

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I just really love people a lot. I really love them.

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Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender.

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