Shug Avery See Daddy, sinners have souls too.
Played by Margaret Avery 
The Color Purple (1985) · 25 quotes
The Color Purple (1985) · 25 quotes
4th most-quoted character in The Color Purple (1985): in 6 of its 25 quotes
Most scenes with: Celie (4), Old Mister (3), Albert (2)
You sho is ugly.
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4 scenes Shug More than anything God loves admiration.
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.
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? Oh, yeah, this field feels like singing!
Shug [after telling Albert that she and her husband are leaving]
Celie is coming with us.
What?
Shug Celie is coming with us to Memphis.
Over my dead body.
Shug You satisfied? That what you want?
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.
[holding a knife to Albert's throat]
I curse you. Until you do right by me everything you think about is gonna crumble!
Don't do it Miss Celie. Don't trade places with what I been through.
Shug Come on Miss Celie let's go to the car.
He ain't worth it, he ain't worth it.
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!
Until you do right by me, everything you even think about gonna fail!
Grady It's been a pleasure meeting all of you. Good-bye.
Look like I came back just in time.
Well we need some stability around here, that's for sure.
I shoulda locked you up. Just let you out to work.
The jail you planned for me is the one you gonna rot in!
I'ma knock you under...
Everything you done to me, you already under, you. I'm poor, I'm black, I may even be ugly, but, dear God, I'm here, I'm here!
He beat me when you ain't here.
Shug Who do? Albert?
Mister.
Shug Why he do that?
He beat me for not being you.