Animals can communicate quite well. And they do. And generally speaking, they are ignored
Alice WalkerRead
Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister.
Interpretation
The comforting love and support found in a sisterly relationship is unmatched.
This quote emphasizes the deep emotional comfort and solace that can be found in the bond between sisters. It suggests that the connection and support provided by a sibling, particularly a sister, can be a refuge in times of distress or struggle, highlighting the importance of familial ties and the unique support they offer.
In practice
In a speech about family values, I might say, 'As Alice Walker beautifully puts it, 'Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister.'
Animals can communicate quite well. And they do. And generally speaking, they are ignored
June Jordan, who died of cancer in 2002, was a brilliant, fierce, radical, and frequently furious poet. We were friends for thirty years. Not once in that time did she step back from what was transpiring politically and morally in the world. She spoke up, and led her students, whom she adored, to do the same.
On a spiritual level, it's as though with my sighted eye I see what's before me, and with my unsighted eye I see what's hidden. It's illuminated life more than darkened it.
I think 'The Color Purple' is so bursting with love, the need for connection, the showing of the need for connection around the globe.
How long will it take the citizens of the United States, one wonders, to recognize that the house their country bombed in Iraq is the same one they were living in until it was foreclosed?
One white man on the platform in South Carolina asked us where we were going--we had got off the train to get some fresh air and to dust the grit and dust out of our clothes. When we said Africa he looked offended and tickled too. Niggers going to Africa, he said to his wife. Now I have seen everything.
If I were to give advice to young people, high-achieving young people for example, Iβd have to say, donβt neglect your family. Politics is important, sitting at the head table is glamorous. Traveling around the world, trying to do something for world peace was wonderful. But family and friends and faith are what really matter in life. And I know that. I see it so clearly now.
What does it feel like to be a parent? What does it feel like to be a child? And that's what stories do. They bring you there. They offer a dramatic explanation, which is always different from an expository explanation.
Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow.
You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.
It means caring for one another in our families: husbands and wives first protect one another, and then, as parents, they care for their children, and children themselves, in time, protect their parents.
Give me the life of the boy whose mother is nurse, seamstress, washerwoman, cook, teacher, angel, and saint, all in one, and whose father is guide, exemplar, and friend. No servants to come between. These are the boys who are born to the best fortune.
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