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Epistolary novel13 quotes
Everything want to be loved. Us sing and dance make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. — Alice Walker · 1982If you inquire what the people are like here, I must answer, "The same as everywhere!" — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1774Time moves slowly, but passes quickly. — Alice Walker · 1982I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1774I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it… People think pleasing God is all God care about. But any fool living in the world can see it always trying to please us back. — Alice Walker · 1982Have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show. Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me. And I think all the other folks did too. They come to church to share God, not find God. — Alice Walker · 1982All 13 quotes →