The Color Purple

Young Celie: Nettie. Write. Young Nettie: What? Young Celie: Write. Young Nettie: Nothing but death can keep me from it.

The Color Purple (1985 film), CC BY-SA 4.0

Celie: He beat me when you ain't here. Shug: Who do? Albert? Celie: Mister. Shug: Why he do that? Celie: He beat me for not being you.

The Color Purple (1985 film), CC BY-SA 4.0

Shug: More than anything God loves admiration. Celie: You saying God is vain? Shug: No, not vain, just wanting to share a good thing. I think it pisses God off when you walk by the color purple in a field and don't notice it. Celie: You saying it just wanna be loved like it say in the Bible? Shug: Yeah, Celie. Everything wanna be loved. Us sing and dance and holla just wanting to be loved. Look at them trees. Notice how the trees do everything people do to get attention... except walk? [they laugh] Oh, yeah, this field feels like singing! Oh Miss Celie, I feels like singing!

The Color Purple (1985 film), CC BY-SA 4.0

Shug: Celie is coming with us. Albert: What? Shug: Celie is coming with us to Memphis. Albert: Over my dead body. Shug: You satisfied? That what you want? Albert: [to Celie] NOW what's wrong with you? Celie: You a low down dirty dog, that's what's wrong. Time for me to get away from you and enter into Creation. And your dead body'd be just the welcome mat I need.

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Celie: [lunging towards Albert with a knife] I curse you. Until you do right by me, everything you think about is gonna crumble! Sofia: Don't do it, Miss Celie. Don't trade places with what I been through. Shug: Come on, Celie, let's go to the car. Sofia: He ain't worth it, he ain't worth it. Albert: Who you think you is? You can't curse nobody. Look at you. You're black, you're poor, you're ugly, you're a woman, you're nothing at all! Celie: Until you do right by me, everything you even think about gonna fail! Grady: It's been a pleasure meeting all of you. Goodbye.

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