Alice Walker, The Color Purple

Quotes

• “Man corrupt everything, say Shug. He on your box of grits, in your head, and all over the radio. He try to make you thin...”
• “I think us here to wonder, myself. To wonder. To ask. And that in wondering bout the big things and asking bout the big ...”
• “And I don't believe you dead. How can you be dead if I still feel you? Maybe, like God, you changed into something diffe...”
• “I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.”
• “Everything want to be loved. Us sing and dance and holler, just trying to be loved.”