The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of society or one…

Alice Walker
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The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of society or one's people that has not previously been taken into account. ✨ Alice Walker (2013). The World Has Changed: Conversations with Alice Walker, p.70, The New Press
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The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of society or one's people that has not previously been taken into account. ✨ Alice Walker (2013). The World Has Changed: Conversations with Alice Walker, p.70, The New Press

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