“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.”
“Shug like honey. And now I's just like a bee.”
The Color Purple (1985 film)
“I'm poor, black; I may even be ugly. But dear God! I'm here! I'm here!”
The Color Purple (1985 film)
“[to Albert] The jail you planned for me is the one you're gonna rot in.”
The Color Purple (1985 film)
“See Daddy, sinners have soul too.”
The Color Purple (1985 film)
“I think it pisses God off when you walk by the color purple in a field and don't notice it.”
The Color Purple (1985 film)