S.L. Walker Quotes
I don't call myself a Buddhist. I'm a free spirit. I believe I'm here on earth to admire and enjoy it that's my religion.
This is a wonderful planet, and it is being completely destroyed by people who have too much money and power and no empathy.
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.
Most damage that others do us is out of fear, humiliation and pain. Those feelings occur in all of us, not just in those of us who profess a certain religious or racial devotion.
One of the triumphs of the Civil Rights Movement is that when you travel through the South today, you do not feel overwhelmed by a residue of grievance and hate.
The only thing you have to do in this life is die, " said Mrs. Pinsky..."everything else is a choice.
When I was about eight, I decided that the most wonderful thing, next to a human being, was a book.
I sometimes sit on my roof. Not to be closer to god. To be further from y'all.
There's an inexplicable joy that exists on a brown child's face and in the way they navigate their world long before they discover they're hated.
We all die. Not all of us live.
I am fighting to stay alive not because I fear death, but because I love life.
Acceptance of death and cancer did not mean I intended to give up, just the opposite. I was prepared to fight cancer not out of fear of dying, but out of joy of living.
the sensation of trying to escape... but never being able to... i'm sure i felt that... that's... death
What you don't think about when you're planning for children is when you're going to teach them how not to be killed
You are not worthless. Even if you've been called that your entire life.
No matter the disappointment, you simply cannot divorce your favorite team.
I learned a long, long time ago, that I could accomplish things in this place we call reality and yet still spend most of my time in the better reality of my mind.
Listen. Outside this frame I can see light, heavy as pardon, reliable as granite.Help me. Help me drag it into the picture.
When we lose these woods, we lose our soul. Not simply as individuals, but as a people.
Iyther you dont know nothing or you know too much it dont seam like theres any thing in be twean.
Fear missing an opportunity more than you fear failure.
An HBCU that is not inherently revolutionary in 2016 is irrelevant.An African American Studies class that is not inherently revolutionary in 2016 is irrelevant.
Sometimes our walls exist just to see who has the strength to knockthem down.
The relationship was perfect, but I hated everything about the person I became.
And you'd think that killing people would make them like you, but it doesn't. It just- it just makes them dead.
You think that killing people will make them like you more, but it doesn't, it just makes them dead.
How do you explain to a nonreader that books aren't just things but treasured friends? Companions?
This story is not about avoiding death, but living life.
I'm silent when there is a war inside me. There's a need to keep the people outside intact.
Can't be on the front lines fighting a war with the weapons given to you by the enemy.
In her head is warAll the time just warI put her to bedI bring peace to the world
I have no clue if it's true and I don't much want to look, but I bet a war happens inside the cocoon.
Your dreams are so far outside of your comfort zone, you've convinced yourself you don't dream at all.
Didn't know where I was going. Didn't care where I ended up. I knew I'd be okay though.
When you don't make it too far from the plantation, you might as well befriend your captors.
Why did God make women so beautiful and man with such a loving heart?
You can't fight and claim you want to be free from the oppressor while still holding tight to things the oppressor gave you.
The scary part of being an artist is knowing that what makes you a better artist can also kill you.