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“My ancestors make up the skin of the world. That's who that is. That's what that is. That's us.”

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Alice Walker is a renowned American author born on February 9, 1944. Her works are known for their profound social criticism and feminist ideas, with notable titles including 'The Color Purple' and 'Beloved'. more

“You die - and this is why manmade religions don't work for so many of us. The notion that you're dead and that's the end, and they even try to contain you in coffins. They make them out of steel and stuff. But really, your journey - for all you know - is just beginning. For all I know, what you see now is just a tiny little seed. So, I may blossom into an entire - I don't know - something in the sky. Who knows where we're going?”

Knows Trying May Littles Ends Dies Stuff Journey Sky Notion Seeds Tiny Steel Coffins

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“You can just keep going and going and going, and you never get to the end of it because there is no end. The ending is a beginning. If you feel like that, then you accept that wherever you have to stop on this journey, you continue in some other form somewhere else.”

Ifs Feels Ends Form Accepting Journey Keep Going Somewhere Else

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“What hurts the most is being misunderstood. They tell me that's an Aquarian trait - that that's the thing we don't like.”

Hurt Traits Misunderstood Being Misunderstood

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“Critics don't really affect the fact that we live in this paradise and what the meaning of that [is]. And what luck to have this!”

Facts Luck Critics Paradise

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“It's almost unbelievable where we are as a planet because people have been so afraid of rocking the boat, of putting forth what they really believe, and standing with people who need to be stood with.”

People Needs Believe Has Beens Planets Standing Boat Unbelievable Rocking The Boat

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“I feel I am a child that's lost its mother. I feel like a calf whose mother has gone off to slaughter.”

Feels Children Mother Lost Gone Slaughter Calves

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“It matters to me that I feel loved by the universe - and I do.”

Feels Matter Universe

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“Stretching [and] yoga [are] very helpful. All of these things - they really do help. Good food and a lot of sleep. And reading - reading good books. Sometimes movies - although a lot of the movies are difficult.”

Book Sometimes Helping Reading Difficult Sleep Yoga Helpful Good Book Stretching Good Food Reading Good Books

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“I really think admiration for nature can save us. I mean true admiration, to the point of not letting it be harmed.”

Thinking Mean Admiration

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