• As long as the Earth can make a spring every year, I can. As long as the Earth can flower and produce nurturing fruit, I can, because I'm the Earth. I won't give up until the Earth gives up.

    Alice Walker: As long as the Earth can make a spring every year, I can. 
 As long as the Earth can flower and produce nurturing fruit, I can, because I'm the Earth. I won't give up until the Earth gives up.
    Alice Walker (2013). “The World Has Changed: Conversations with Alice Walker”, p.194, The New Press