The Color Purple

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

"All my life I had to fight."

"I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it."

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

"It ain't no use you looking down and askng that old white man nothing, he the one been keeping us separated to begin with."

"God is inside you and inside everybody else. You come into the world with God. But only them that search for it inside find it."

"I am here. I am Black. I am woman. I am myself."

"What God got to do with it? He voice sound like everything else to me—just more of the same."

"Thank God my life over."

"I no longer believe I need a man to have a child."

"Amen. Amen. Amen."

"Lord, give me strength."

"Us sleep like sisters now."

"I'm a woman now. I can make my own money, and when I do, Mister gonna treat me a whole lot better."

"Dear God, I am sick. I am sore. I am tired."

"Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me."

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

"I'm pore, I'm black, I may be ugly and can't cook, a voice say to everything listening. But I'm here."

"Everything want to be loved."

"Celie, tell the truth, have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show."

"I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it."

"I may be ugly and I may be poor, but I'm here."

"There's something about being bold that just make you feel better."

"She my sister. I love her. But I guess every family got its share of evil."

"I just want you to be happy."

"I wanted to share my discovery of myself with you."

"The Lord don't like ugly and he ain't stuck on pretty."

"I be so love sick I can't see."

"Maybe God is trying to tell you something."

"I was fourteen when my stepfather put his hands on me."