The Color Purple

"I am no longer invisible."

"We survive through love and laughter."

"God don't want us to be separated."

"I make pants, I make myself."

"The children need me, so I stay."

"I finally understand my mother's strength."

"Letters kept me alive."

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

"We are worthy of respect and love."

"I learnt what love really meant."

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

"The color purple represents God's love."

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

"I am tired of being nobody."

"I don't fight because I have to, I fight because I am."

"I finally write back to my sister."

"Find joy in small things."

"A woman's silence is her greatest burden."

"We begin to smile again."

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

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

"The world is ready for change."

"Love different kinds of men since that's what peoples do."

"I am my sister's keeper."

"My mama dead. My sister in Africa."

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

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

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

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

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