“I think if I could not get myself off my cushion, off my couch, or away from whatever I'm eating - or drinking or partying or whatever - if I couldn't get away from that, I would have a heavy heart.” IfsThinkingHeartPartyEatingDrinkingHeavyIf I CouldGet AwayCouchesCushionsHeavy Heart Author:Alice Walker
“I'm where I need to be, so my heart is light. Whatever happens, I know - I mean, I feel - that this is absolutely where I should be and I've lived up to my own expectations.” KnowsNeedsFeelsShouldHeartMeanLightHappensMy OwnMy HeartExpectationsWhatever Happens Author:Alice Walker
“Honestly, that is the most important thing to me: Can I continue to live up to my own expectations of myself - and not fall back into slacking?” ImportantFallMy OwnExpectationsImportant ThingsHonestlyFall BackSlacking Author:Alice Walker
“My big complaint with myself is that I get tired. But, I forgive myself because it's human to get tired. But, I didn't always feel like I could forgive myself. There's a certain [drive], I think. But, now I feel like, "OK, you can be tired. People should let you be tired. Then you should go and take a nap, and you should sleep." That's about it.” PeopleThinkingFeelsShouldHumansBigsCertainSleepForgivingTiredComplaintsNaps Author:Alice Walker
“I feel like to be where you need to be - where you know you need to be - is such a high. What could be better?” KnowsNeedsFeels Author:Alice Walker
“The hardest part is when you're in danger yourself. You have to face what could happen and might be likely to happen to you. It's not just that you're there standing next to somebody that something bad is likely to happen to. That is a true moment of reckoning with who you really are.” MomentsMightHappensFacesNextDangerStandingHardestReckoning Author:Alice Walker
“The Congo is really beautiful. People correct me and say, "Oh, you mean the Democratic Republic of the Congo." Well, fine. But, the land there, the landscape is extraordinary. It's big lakes and beautiful hills and trees.” PeopleWellsMeanBigsBeautifulTreeLandFineDemocraticExtraordinaryHillsLandscapeLakesRepublicCongoBeautiful PeopleReally BeautifulDemocratic Republic Author:Alice Walker
“People will say to you, "Oh, you are fearless." That is so not true. We should stop saying that about people. It's a slander, really.” PeopleShouldFearlessSlander Author:Alice Walker
“Anything that forces you to act at the possible harm of your own existence is going to exact a cost. You have to then think about, "Can I pay this? What will this mean to me - to my relationships, to my family, to everybody? What is this going to take? How much of me is this going to take?"” ThinkingMeanForcePayExistenceCostMy FamilyHarm Author:Alice Walker