By the Light of My Father's Smile Quotes

“We do not believe in heaven or hell...; we do not believe in eternal damnation. We believe only in the unavoidable horror of hurting others and of likewise being hurt.”
― Alice Walker, By the Light of My Father's Smile

“The only way to solace anyone who loved you in life is to be a good memory”
― Alice Walker, By the Light of My Father's Smile

“You are saying, are you not, I said to Manuelito, that stories have more room in them than ideas? [...] He laughed. That is correct, Señor. It is as if ideas are made of blocks. Rigid and hard. And stories are made of a gauze that is elastic. You can almost see through it, so what is beyond is tantalizing. You can't quite make it out; and because the imagination is always moving forward, you yourself are constantly stretching. Stories are the way spirit is exercised.”
― Alice Walker, By the Light of My Father's Smile

“Some people think politeness is an invitation to invade.”
― Alice Walker, By the Light of My Father's Smile: A Novel

“It is the need to be remembered that has caused most of the trouble in the world,”
― Alice Walker, By the Light of My Father's Smile: A Novel

“It is a way of saying you must not live too much in your head. It is a way of reminding you to stay in your emotions, no matter how nutty they are; it is a way of saying, also, that craziness has value.”
― Alice Walker, By the Light of My Father's Smile

“Sighing, Irene said, Why is it that we can love so much that which only makes us cry?
Susannah thought for only a moment, and then, with certainty, she said: Because it is that which calls us home to the heart.”
― Alice Walker, By the Light of My Father's Smile

“Susannah was glad that, on principle, she rarely listened to men. Rarely believed, really, a word they said. No matter how much she might love them.”
― Alice Walker, By the Light of My Father's Smile

“Fantasy was the reality of my life. Thank you for enjoying it with me.”
― Alice Walker, By the Light of My Father's Smile: A Novel

“It is because when you truly love someone you wish them no suffering, although they must suffer, just in the course of life. You are always reaching out to them, to heal them. They instinctively do the same for you.”
― Alice Walker, By the Light of My Father's Smile

“The dead are required to finish two tasks before all is over with them: one is to guide back to the path someone you left behind who is lost, because of your folly; the other is to host a ceremony so that you and others you have hurt may face eternity reconciled and complete.”
― Alice Walker, By the Light of My Father's Smile

“To love someone over many years is all the opportunity you need to learn how to love them back from anywhere.”
― Alice Walker, By the Light of My Father's Smile

“We zijn schijnbaar verantwoordelijk voor alles wat we doen, hoe de reeks van gebeurtenissen ook is begonnen.”
― Alice Walker, By the Light of My Father's Smile

“Ik deed de deur tussen ons dicht. Niemand heeft me ooit gewaarschuwd dat het zo veel energie zou vergen om die deur dicht te houden! Of dat ik me aan de andere kant ervan zo eenzaam zou voelen.”
― Alice Walker, By the Light of My Father's Smile

“There was a saying among the Mundo: It takes only one lie to unravel the world.”
― Alice Walker, By the Light of My Father's Smile