The long-term accommodation that protects marriage and other such relationships is ... forgetfulness.
Alice WalkerThere is always a moment in any kind of struggle when one feels in full bloom. Vivid. Alive. One might be blown to bits in such a moment and still be at peace.
Alice WalkerI could never live happily in Africa-or anywhere else-until I could live freely in Mississippi.
Alice WalkerJust be what it is that you are, and that is just fine. You don't have to be what you're not in any way. Live that and live that fully, and that is where you discover ecstasy. You can't really have ecstasy as something other than yourself
Alice Walker