"I think it pisses God off when you walk by the color purple in a field and don't notice it."
"Until You do Right By me, eventhing you even THINK about gonna fail"
Celie to Shug "He (Albert) beat me when you ain't here. He beat me for not being you. "
"You told Harpo to beat me...All my life I had to fight, had to fight my brothers, had to fight my uncles,had to fight my daddy, girlchild ain't safe in a house full of menfolks, but i never thought i'd see the day when i had to fight in my own house...I love me some Harpo, lord knows i doooo, but i'll kill him dead fo' i let him beat me... (Ceelie)(This side last a lil while ms. sophia, heaven last always...Seleay you betta bash mister's head open and think bout heaven later"
"I just stand back and I wait to see what the wall gonna look like. See what kind of colors Shug's gopnna put on there now."
"You a low down dirty dog, that's what's wrong. Time for me to get away from you, and enter into Creation. And your dead body'd be just the welcome mat I need."
"Sat in that jail, I sat in that jail til I felt like I's bout to rot to death. I know what it like to wanna go somewhere and cain't. I know what it like to wanna sing... and have it beat out 'ya. I want to thank you, Miss Celie, fo evrything you done for me. I 'members that day in the store with Miss Millie - I's feelin' real down. I's feelin' mighty low. And when I seed you - I knowd they is a God. I knowd they is a God."
" Look at you. You're black, you're poor, you're ugly, you're a woman. You're nothin' at all! "
"Nettie and my kids be comin' home soon, and when they get here we gonna' set around and whip your ass. "
"The jail you plan for me is the one you're gonna rot in"
