Alice Walker
(1944-)

African-American Author, Social Activist

1997 Humanist of the Year
2007 Global Exchange Human Rights Award

California Hall of Fame

birthdate: February 9
birthplace:
Eatonton, Georgia

QUOTES

It just seems clear to me that as long as we are all here, it's pretty clear that the struggle is to share the planet, rather than divide it.

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.

"It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower is to bloom."

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.

"I know, in my soul, that to eat a creature who is raised to be eaten, and who never has a chance to be a real being, is unhealthy. It's like...you're just eating misery. You're eating a bitter life."

 

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