The Color Purple Quotes

Sofia All my life I had to fight. I had to fight my daddy. I had to fight my uncles. I had to fight my brothers. A girl child ain't safe in a family of mens, but I ain't never thought I'd have to fight in my own house!! I loves Harpo, God knows I do. But I'll kill him dead fo I let him beat me...

Taglines It's about life. It's about love. It's about us.

Celie The jail you planned for me is the one you're gonna rot in.

Sofia I done had enough bad luck to keep me laughin the rest of my life. Sat in that jail. I sat in that jail til I nearby done rot to death. I know what it like, Ms. Celie, to wanna go somewhere and cain't. I know what it like to wanna sing... and have it beat outch'ya. I want to thank you, Miss Celie, fo everything you done for me. I members that day I was in the store with Miss Millie - I's feelin real down. I's feelin mighty bad. And when I see'd you — I knowed there is a God. I knowed there is a God. And one day I was gonna get to come home.

Celie Shug like honey. And now I's just like a bee.

Old Mister Boy, you let this ol nappy-headed girl cuss you out like that? You sittin at the head of your own dinner table and actin like a waiter.

Celie I curse you. Until you do right by me, everything you think about is gonna crumble!

Sofia Don't do it, Miss Celie. Don't trade places with what I been through.

Shug Come on, Celie, let's go to the car.

Sofia He ain't worth it, he ain't worth it.

Albert Who you think you is? You can't curse nobody. Look at you. You're black, you're poor, you're ugly, you're a woman, you're nothing at all!

Celie Until you do right by me, everything you even think about gonna fail!

Grady It's been a pleasure meeting all of you. Goodbye.

Celie He beat me when you ain't here.

Shug Who do? Albert?

Celie Mister.

Shug Why he do that?

Celie He beat me for not being you.

Shug Avery See Daddy, sinners have soul too.

Celie The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Old Mister My God, the dead has arisen.

Shug More than anything God loves admiration.

Celie You saying God is vain?

Shug No, not vain, just wanting to share a good thing. I think it pisses God off when you walk by the color purple in a field and don't notice it.

Celie You saying it just wanna be loved like it say in the Bible?

Shug Yeah, Celie. Everything wanna be loved. Us sing and dance and holla just wanting to be loved. Look at them trees. Notice how the trees do everything people do to get attention... except walk? Oh, yeah, this field feels like singing! Oh Miss Celie, I feels like singing!

Shug Celie is coming with us.

Albert What?

Shug Celie is coming with us to Memphis.

Albert Over my dead body.

Shug You satisfied? That what you want?

Albert NOW what's wrong with you?

Celie 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.

Taglines Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize Winning Story.

Shug Avery I think it pisses God off when you walk by the color purple in a field and don't notice it.

Celie I'm poor, black; I may even be ugly. But dear God! I'm here! I'm here!

Shug Avery You sho is ugly!

Young Celie Nettie. Write.

Young Nettie What?

Young Celie Write.

Young Nettie Nothing but death can keep me from it.

Old Mister Celie, you has my sympathy. Ain't many women allow they husband's ho to lay up in they house.