The Color Purple (1985 film) Quotes
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Top Quotes
“Oprah Winfrey - Sofia”
“Whoopi Goldberg - Celie”
“See Daddy, sinners have soul too.”
“[to Celie] You sho' is ugly!”
“Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize Winning Story.”
“Shug like honey. And now I's just like a bee.”
“It's about life. It's about love. It's about us.”
“The more things change, the more they stay the same.”
“I'm poor, black; I may even be ugly. But dear God! I'm here! I'm here!”
“[to Albert] The jail you planned for me is the one you're gonna rot in.”
“[Sofia begins to laugh after years of silence] My God, the dead has arisen.”
“I think it pisses God off when you walk by the color purple in a field and don't notice it.”
“Akosua Busia - Nettie”
“Danny Glover - Albert”
“Celie, you has my sympathy. Ain't many women allow they husband's ho to lay up in they house.”
“Rae Dawn Chong - Squeak”
“Willard E. Pugh - Harpo”
“Adolph Caesar - Old Mister”
“Margaret Avery - Shug Avery”
“Desreta Jackson - Young Celie”