Celie

"I don't see no light"

"What God done for me already"

"I tell you, it not so bad"

"You got a mean face"

"I ain't got nothing"

"Nettie my heart"

"I got to leave"

"I never know what to say"

"You saved my life"

"God mad at ugly people"

"I'm pore, I'm black, I may be ugly and can't cook."

"The more I wonder, the more I love."

"It ain't so easy to accept what it took your whole life to understand."

"I love Shug Avery. God knows I do. But I'm bound to him by my children."

"You a low down dog is all, and you always be a dog."

"Until you do right by me, everything you touch will crumble."

"I'm here. I'm black. I'm poor. I'm a woman."

"My mama dead. My sister in Africa."

"The world is ready for change."

"I was fifteen when my stepfather gave me to Mr."

"I know what it means to suffer in silence."

"We begin to smile again."

"I finally write back to my sister."

"I am tired of being nobody."

"Mr. dead. I ain't sorry."

"I dream of Africa, of Nettie, of home."

"I learnt what love really meant."

"I start a new business, a new life."

"Letters kept me alive."

"I finally understand my mother's strength."