A Quote by Alice Walker

Expecting anything, living frugally in surprise.

Alice Walker

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Anything Expecting Living Surprise

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Alice Walker
American - Novelist
Born: February 9, 1944

Expect nothing, live frugally on surprise. Become a stranger to need of pity. Or if compassion be freely given out, take only enough. Stop short of the urge to plead, then purge away the need. Wish for nothing larger than your own small heart or greater than a star. Tame wild disappointment with caress, unmoved and cold. Make of it a parka for your soul. Discover the reason why so tiny human midget exists at all, so scared and so unwise. But expect nothing, live frugally on surprise.

Alice Walker

Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.

Alice Walker

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