Alice Walker

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Everything want to be loved. Us sing and dance make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved.

Alice Walker

The Color Purple

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Topic

Need for love Feeling loved

Speaker

Shug

Author

Alice Walker

Source

The Color Purple

Medium

Novel

Genre

Epistolary novel

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Walker, Alice. The Color Purple. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.

Time moves slowly, but passes quickly.

Alice Walker

The Color Purple

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Topic

Nature of time Time

Author

Alice Walker

Source

The Color Purple

Medium

Novel

Genre

Epistolary novel

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Walker, Alice. The Color Purple. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.

I 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

The Color Purple

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Topic

Beauty of nature Nature

Speaker

Shug

Author

Alice Walker

Source

The Color Purple

Medium

Novel

Genre

Epistolary novel

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Walker, Alice. The Color Purple. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.

Have 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

The Color Purple

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Topic

God and man The Church

Speaker

Shug

Author

Alice Walker

Source

The Color Purple

Medium

Novel

Genre

Epistolary novel

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Walker, Alice. The Color Purple. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.

I thought love would adapt itself to my needs.
But needs grow too fast.
They come up like weeds.
Through cracks in the conversation.
Through silences in the dark.
Through everything you thought was concrete.

Alice Walker

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Topic

Human needs Love

Author

Alice Walker

Source

Did This Happen to Your Mother? Did Your Sister Throw Up a Lot? Good Night, Willie Lee, I'll See You in the Morning

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1979 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Walker, Alice. "Did This Happen to Your Mother? Did Your Sister Throw Up a Lot?" Good Night, Willie Lee, I'll See You in the Morning. The Dial Press, 1979, I. 24.

A grown child is a dangerous thing.

Alice Walker

The Color Purple

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Topic

Immaturity

Author

Alice Walker

Source

The Color Purple

Medium

Novel

Genre

Epistolary novel

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Walker, Alice. The Color Purple. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.

We have a beautiful mother
Her green lap immense
Her brown embrace eternal
Her blue body everything
We know.

Alice Walker

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Topic

Mother earth The earth

Author

Alice Walker

Source

We Have a Beautiful Mother Her Blue Body Everything We Know: Earthling Poems

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Walker, Alice. "We Have a Beautiful Mother." Her Blue Body Everything We Know: Earthling Poems. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991, I. 23.