"How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names." ― Alice Walker Topic(s): Mom More From Alice Walker "‘Thank you’ is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding." "Fiction is such a world of freedom, it’s wonderful. If you want someone to fly, they can fly." "It’s so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that’s what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower Is to bloom." More In Mom "I want to make a policy statement. I am unabashedly in favor of women."― Lyndon B. Johnson "Mom always tells me to celebrate everyone’s uniqueness. I like the way that sounds."― Hilary Duff "Yeah, I like to be the maker of the art. And I like and want the money. But I don’t really dig being famous."― Liz Phair