"If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it."
— Toni Morrison

"To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget. "
— Arundhati Roy

"No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow."
— Alice Walker

"Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have a much fear."
— Judy Blume

"I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it"
— Alice Walker