When life descends into the pit I must become my own candle Willingly …

Alice Walker
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When life descends into the pit I must become my own candle Willingly burning my self To light up the darkness around me. ✨ Alice Walker (2010). The World Has Changed: Conversations with Alice Walker, p.196, The New Press
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