#th

Israel is guilty of apartheid and persecution of the Palestinian people, both inside Israel and also in the Occupied Territories. ↗

— Alice Walker

#apartheid #both #guilty #inside #israel

I'm sure we, the American people, are the butt of jokes by those in power. ↗

— Alice Walker

#american people #i #jokes #people #power

When life tries to define you with its hardship, you gotta push back, look it straight in the eye and say, ‘No matter what life throws at me, I’m going to keep telling myself that I will overcome.’ And every time you own that truth, you write your own life script. ↗

— Nikki Rosen

#faith #god #grace #hope #life

I don't call myself a Buddhist. I'm a free spirit. I believe I'm here on earth to admire and enjoy it; that's my religion. ↗

— Alice Walker

#believe #buddhist #call #earth #enjoy

I just like to have words that describe things correctly. Now to me, 'black feminist' does not do that. I need a word that is organic, that really comes out of the culture, that really expresses the spirit that we see in black women. And it's just... womanish. ↗

— Alice Walker

#comes #correctly #culture #describe #does

I try to teach my heart not to want things it can't have. ↗

— Alice Walker

#i #teach #things #try #want

It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one's children will become than for the children one's "mature" critics often are. ↗

— Alice Walker

#become #case #children #critics #healthier

It is justice and respect that I want the world to dust off and put - without delay, and with tenderness - back on the head of the Palestinian child. It will be imperfect justice and respect because the injustice and disrespect have been so severe. But I believe we are right to try. ↗

— Alice Walker

#because #been #believe #child #delay

It's an awful feeling to write something that you feel is really important... and to feel that you're being published by people who really don't get it and/or don't really care. ↗

— Alice Walker

#being #care #feel #feeling #get

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. ↗

— Alice Walker

#bloom #cherish #cherished #clear #every