And so our mothers and grandmothers have, more often than not anonymously, handed on the creative spark, the seed of the flower they themselves never hoped to see - or like a sealed letter they could not plainly read.
Alice WalkerYou a low down dog is whatโs wrong. Itโs time to leave you and enter into the creation. And your dead body just the welcome mat I need.
Alice WalkerHuman compassion is equal to human cruelty, and it is up to each of us to tip the balance.
Alice WalkerHoward Zinn helped us desegregate Atlanta. That was moving because he took a lot of abuse for that. He and Staughton Lynd, a fellow professor who was also from the North, stood with us. They were certainly behind us. In fact, they often stood in front of us. This had a huge impact on me. But one of the reasons I was very careful about speaking about the relationship I had with him and Staughton was because, in a racist society, if you acknowledge a deep love for and a deep debt owed to white teachers, they tend to discredit your own parents and your own community.
Alice Walker