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“ We do it because we care. We care that Vincent Van Gogh mutilated his ear. We care that behind a pile of manure in the yard he destroyed his life. We care that Scott Joplin's music lives! We care because we know this: the life we save is our own. ”

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Everything want to be loved. Us sing and dance and holler, just trying to be loved.

~ Alice Walker

Expect nothing. Live frugallyOn surprise.become a strangerTo need of pityOr, if compassion be freelyGiven outTake only enoughStop short of urge to pleadThen purge away the need.Wish for nothing largerThan your own small heartOr greater than a star;Tame wild disappointmentWith caress unmoved and coldMake of it a parkaFor your soul.Discover the reason whySo tiny human midgetExists at allSo scared unwiseBut expect nothing. Live frugallyOn surprise.

~ Alice Walker

Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches in it.

~ Alice Walker

Surely the earth can be savedby all the peoplewho insiston love.

~ Alice Walker