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The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created f...more

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The experience of God or in any case the possibility of experiencing God is innate.

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Long as I can spell G-o-d I got somebody along.

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The experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate.

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There is a way that the men speak to women that reminds me too much of Pa. They listen just long enough to issue instructions. They don’t even look at...more

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What that song? I ast. Sound low down dirty to me. Like what the preacher tells you its sin to hear. Not to mention sing.She hum a little more. Someth...more

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Once us feel loved by God, us do the best us can to please him with what us like.

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I'm not convinced that women have the education or the sense of their own history enough or that they understand the cruelty of which men are capable ...more

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He say, Celie, tell me the truth. You don't like me cause I'm a man?I blow my nose. take off they pants, I say, and men look like frogs to me. No matt...more

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I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.

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Here's the thing, say Shug. The thing I believe. God is inside you and inside everybody else. You come into the world with God. But only them that sea...more

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Man corrupt everything, say Shug. He on your box of grits, in your head, and all over the radio. He try to make you think he everywhere. Soon as you t...more

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Listen, God love everything you love - and a mess of stuff you don't. But more than anything else, God love admiration.You saying God vain? I ast.Naw,...more

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You telling me God love you, and you ain't never done nothing for him? I mean, not go to church, sing in the choir, feed the preacher and all like tha...more

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But it ain't easy, trying to do without God even if you know he ain't there, trying to do without him is a strain