But I don't know how to fight. All I know how to do is stay alive.

I really think admiration for nature can save us. I mean true admiration, to the point of not letting it be harmed.

What hurts the most is being misunderstood. They tell me that's an Aquarian trait - that that's the thing we don't like.

Anybody can observe the Sabbath, but making it holy surely takes the rest of the week.

Oh, Celie, unbelief is a terrible thing. And so is the hurt we cause others unknowingly.

You really can't be a good artist if you can't say what you really feel. And people may be offended, but, you know, that's how you feel, and that is your right, and that is your gift as well.

How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names.