Alice Walker · 288 pages
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“If you lie to yourself about your own pain, you will be killed by those who will claim you enjoyed it.”
― Alice Walker, quote from Possessing the Secret of Joy
“the God of woman is autonomy”
― Alice Walker, quote from Possessing the Secret of Joy
“I have the uncanny feeling that, just at the end of my life, I am beginning to reinhabit completely the body I long ago left.”
― Alice Walker, quote from Possessing the Secret of Joy
“World wars have been fought and lost; for every war is against the world and every war against the world is lost.”
― Alice Walker, quote from Possessing the Secret of Joy
“My fantasy life. Without it I'm afraid to exist.”
― Alice Walker, quote from Possessing the Secret of Joy
“It is as if my self is hiding behind an iron door.”
― Alice Walker, quote from Possessing the Secret of Joy
“As others might prepare for an exam whose subject matter is unknown to them, so I must study, cram, for every conversation with my folks.”
― Alice Walker, quote from Possessing the Secret of Joy
“I think of the meaning of the word "testimony." Originally it named the custom of two men holding each other's testicles in a gesture of trust, later to metamorphose into the handshake.”
― Alice Walker, quote from Possessing the Secret of Joy
“Tashi dice que quiere enfrentarse al pelotón de fusilamiento vestida de rojo. Le recuerdo que su sentencia está siendo apelada. También cabe la esperanza de que los Estados Unidos hagan valer la ciudadanía norteamericana de Tashi. Es igual, quiero ir de rojo, dice, pase lo que pase. Estoy harta del blanco y el negro. Ninguno va primero. El rojo, el color de la sangre de mujer, los precede a ambos.
De modo que cosemos.”
― Alice Walker, quote from Possessing the Secret of Joy
“In truth, it made me pity him, and see him as a fool.”
― Alice Walker, quote from Possessing the Secret of Joy
Alice Walker
Born place: in Eatonton, Georgia, The United States
Born date February 9, 1944
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“Well enough,” I reply. “Remember, you’re drunk. And happy. You’re supposed to be lusting over your escort. Try smiling a little more.”
Day plasters a giant artificial smile on his face. As charming as ever. “Aw, come on, sweetheart. I thought I was doing a pretty good job. I got my arm around the prettiest escort on this block—how could I not be lusting over you? Don’t I look like I’m lusting? This is me, lusting.” His lashes flutter at me.
He looks so ridiculous that I can’t help laughing. Another passerby glances at me. “Much better.”
― Marie Lu, quote from Prodigy
“The old men say the earth only endures. You spoke truly. You are right.”
― Dee Brown, quote from Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
“People aim for the stars, and they end up like goldfish in a bowl. I wonder if it wouldn't be simpler just to teach children right from the start that life is absurd.”
― Muriel Barbery, quote from The Elegance of the Hedgehog
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