All my life I had to fight. I had to fight my daddy. I had to fight my uncles. I had to fight my brothers. A girl child ain't safe in a family of men, but I ain't never thought I'd have to fight in my own house!
Old Mister
11 quotes
Celie
Whoopi Goldberg · 10 quotes
Sofia
Oprah Winfrey · 7 quotes
Shug Avery
Margaret Avery · 6 quotes
Albert
Danny Glover · 3 quotes
Most scenes together: Celie & Old Mister (4), Celie & Shug Avery (4), Shug Avery & Old Mister (3)
The Color Purple quotes
Page 2 of 2Celie, you has my sympathy. Ain't many women allow they husband's ho to lay up in they house.
Girl child ain't safe in a family of men.
I loved [the book]The Color Purple. The movie disappointed me because so many people I do love were bowled over by it. I felt it was a romantic treatment that perhaps could have been dealt with more honestly.
I loves Harpo, God knows I do. But I'll kill him dead 'fo I let him beat me.
Oh... Sofia home, now. Sofia home. Things is gonna be changin' around here. Pass me them peas, boy.
See Daddy, sinners have souls too.
Shug like honey. And now, I's just like a bee.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.