She say, Celie, tell the truth, have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show.

I'm pore, I'm black, I may be ugly and can't cook, a voice say to everything listening. But I'm here.

Never be the only one, except, possibly, in your own home.

I feel I am a child that's lost its mother. I feel like a calf whose mother has gone off to slaughter.

'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.

Everything is already perfect. And if you can accept that everything is already perfect, the imperfection is a part of the perfection. What's to worry about?

Some colored people so scared of whitefolks they claim to love the cotton gin.