Quotes from bookThe Color Purple
The Color Purple is a 1982 epistolary novel by American author Alice Walker which won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction. It was later adapted into a film and musical of the same name.
“We know a roofleaf is not Jesus Christ, but in its own humble way, is it not God?”
Alice Walker book The Color Purple
The Color Purple (1982)
“Every time I conjure up a rock, I throw it.”
Alice Walker book The Color Purple
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“The world is changing, I said. It is no longer a world just for boys and men.”
Alice Walker book The Color Purple
The Color Purple (1982)
“Some colored people so scared of whitefolks they claim to love the cotton gin.”
Alice Walker book The Color Purple
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“Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors.”
Alice Walker book The Color Purple
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“Everything want to be loved. Us sing and dance and holler, just trying to be loved.”
Alice Walker book The Color Purple
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“Oh, Celie, unbelief is a terrible thing. And so is the hurt we cause others unknowingly.”
Alice Walker book The Color Purple
Source: The Color Purple
