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" I just feel that 'The Color Purple,' which was my 10th book, was a true gift from my ancestors. "

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

" Language is an intrinsic part of who we are and what has, for good or evil, happened to us. "

" I understood at a very early age that in nature, I felt everything I should feel in church but never did. Walking in the woods, I felt in touch with the universe and with the spirit of the universe. "

" The trouble with our people is as soon as they got out of slavery they didn't want to give the white man nothing else. But the fact is, you got to give em something. Either your money, your land, your woman or your ass. "

" I want the Israeli government to be made accountable for its behaviour to the Palestinians, and I want the people of the U.S. to cease acting as if they don't understand what is going on. "

" Sexuality is one of the ways that we become enlightened, actually, because it leads us to self-knowledge. "

" It's a tragedy, in a way, that Americans are brought up to think that they cannot feel for other people and other beings just because they are different. They think they're different. It's very limiting. "

" I wanted in my lifetime to vote for a radical Native American woman, since my vision of any future that we might have is that it will be led by women and older women. "

" We must begin seeing other creatures as equal. Existence makes us all equal. "

" I think the War on Terror is really absurd, especially coming from a country that is founded on terrorism. "

" How long will it take the citizens of the United States, one wonders, to recognize that the house their country bombed in Iraq is the same one they were living in until it was foreclosed? "

" I think the foundation of everything in my life is wonder. "

" A good model of how to 'work with the enemy' internally is presented by the Dalai Lama, in his endless caretaking of his soul as he confronts the Chinese government that invaded Tibet. "

" I think America has always been polarized. "

" You know, one race will not be a survivor if the other one dies, and that's something that we should think about. "

" For me, I used to be shy towards journalism because it wasn't poetry. And then I realized that the events that I covered in essays that became journalism were actually great because they inspired me, and they became my muse. "

" I believe you mother everybody, not in a cloying, hovering way, but taking care of what is around you. "

" The dropping of bombs on people - isn't that terrorism? "

" In search of my mother's garden, I found my own. "

" As long as the people don't fear the truth, there is hope. For once they fear it, the one who tells it doesn't stand a chance. And today, truth is still beautiful... but so frightening. "

" 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. "

" Since the time of the witch burnings, the grandmothers and the healers and the midwives have been systematically targeted. And burned at the stake for hundreds of years, decimating whole communities. "

" Nobody has ever convinced me that race is real. "

" As an elder of the Americas and of the rest of the planet, it is my responsibility to care for and protect, to the best of my ability, the young. "

" Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good book, If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for. "

" I love the natural world - it comes from my culture, which grew out of a people enslaved. "

" If you want to have a life that is worth living, a life that expresses your deepest feelings and emotions and cares and dreams, you have to fight for it. "

" In my work and in myself I reflect black people, women and men, as I reflect others. One day even the most self-protective ones will look into the mirror I provide and not be afraid. "

" Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom. "