"I'm not lesbian; I'm not bisexual; I'm not straight. I'm just curious."

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Insight & Reflection

When Alice Walker speaks about life, it invites us to pause and reflect on our own journey. How often do we consider the subtle impacts of life in our daily lives? This thought-provoking perspective challenges conventional wisdom and encourages a deeper understanding of ourselves.

About Alice Walker

Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist. In 1982, she became the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which she was awarded for her novel The Color Purple. Over the span of her career, Walker has published seventeen novels and short story collections, twelve non-fiction works, and collections of essays and poetry.

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"We should learn to accept that change is truly the only thing that's going on always, and learn to ride with it and enjoy it."

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"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."

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"Well, I think indigenous peoples have ways of living on the Earth that they've had forever. And they've been overrun by organized religion, which has had a lot of money and power."

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"It is a unyielding truth that every summit scaled was once thought insurmountable from the valley below — an essential principle for the reflective life."

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"Laughter, and the broader category of humor, are key elements in helping us go on with our life after a loss."

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