Alice Walker in: Daniel Freeman, Jason Freeman Know Your Mind: Everyday Emotional and Psychological Problems and How to Overcome Them, Pan Macmillan, 9 May 2011, p. 137
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The most important question in the world is, 'Why is the child crying?'
— Alice Walker on Question
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About Alice Walker
Alice Malsenior Walker (born 9 February 1944) is an American author whose novel, The Color Purple, won both the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award.
About Alice Walker
Alice Malsenior Walker (born 9 February 1944) is an American author whose novel, The Color Purple, won both the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award.
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