America is not nearly done. We're only in the beginning. Who knows who we will be? Who knows... what color we will be? It is all something that, maybe, our descendants - if they survive that long - will see.

Just because I don't harass it like some peoples us know don't mean I ain't got religion.

I know what I'm thinking bout, I think. Nothing. And as much of it as I can.

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

You can't send me anywhere that I wouldn't be happy to go. You'd be surprised as to how that lightens the heart.

Sexuality is one of the ways that we become enlightened, actually, because it leads us to self-knowledge.

People are called 'stars' not only because they shine... because the qualities they exemplify are... eternal. We are attracted to their sparkle, their warmth, their light, but they will be forever distant from us. So distant we can never quite believe our inseparability. Never quite believe that we are also composed of the light they have.