As you know from school, it's when you have not prepared for the test that you have the fear of failing. And if you have prepared, even if you fail, you've done your best.
Alice WalkerPeople do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.
Alice WalkerJust because I don't harass it like some peoples us know don't mean I ain't got religion.
Alice WalkerTo acknowledge our ancestors means we are aware that we did not make ourselves, that the line stretches all the way back, perhaps to God; or to Gods. We remember them because it is an easy thing to forget: that we are not the first to suffer, rebel, fight, love and die. The grace with which we embrace life, in spite of the pain, the sorrow, is always a measure of what has gone before.
Alice Walker