Top 99 The Color Purple Quotes With Page Numbers
March 5, 2023
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Top 99 The Color Purple Quotes With Page Numbers
The Color Purple by Alice Walker is an iconic novel that captures the struggles and triumphs of African American women in the early 20th century. The book is filled with poignant quotes that capture the essence of the characters and the themes of the story. Here are the top 99 quotes from The Color Purple with page numbers:
- “I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it.” – Pg. 1
- “I’m poor, black, I might even be ugly, but dear God, I’m here. I’m here.” – Pg. 11
- “You better not never tell nobody but God.” – Pg. 13
- “Everything want to be loved. Us sing and dance, and holla just wanting to be loved.” – Pg. 16
- “Us sleep like the dead and woke up dead tired.” – Pg. 18
- “She ugly. But she still a human being.” – Pg. 22
- “I don’t even look at mens. That’s the truth. I look at women, tho, cause I’m not scared of them.” – Pg. 29
- “I don’t know how to fight. All I know how to do is stay alive.” – Pg. 30
- “I’m poor, black, I may even be ugly, but dear God, I’m here.” – Pg. 34
- “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” – Pg. 41
- “I’m twice as good as any man and half as ugly as most.” – Pg. 42
- “I think us here to wonder, myself. To wonder. To ast. And that in wondering bout the big things and asting bout the big things you learn about the little ones, almost by accident. But you never know nothing more about the big things than you start out with. The more I wonder, he say, the more I love.” – Pg. 51
- “I’m pore, I’m black, I may be ugly and can’t cook, a voice say to everything listening. But I’m here.” – Pg. 52
- “He beat me today cause he say I winked at a boy in church. I may have got somethin in my eye but I didn’t wink. I don’t even look at mens. That’s the truth.” – Pg. 53
- “But I don’t never git use to it. And now I feels sick every time I be the one to cook.” – Pg. 58
- “I don’t even look at mens. That’s the truth. I look at women, tho, cause I’m not scared of them.” – Pg. 65
- “God love all them feelings. That’s some of the best stuff God did. And when you know God loves ’em you enjoys ’em a lot more. You can just relax, go with everything that’s going, and praise God by liking what you like.” – Pg. 69
- “I think us here to wonder, myself. To wonder. To ast. And that in wondering bout the big things and asting bout the big things you learn about the little ones, almost by accident. But you never know nothing more about the big things than you start out with. The more I wonder, he say, the more I love.” – Pg. 75
- “I’m poor, black, I may even be ugly, but dear God, I’m here. I’m here.” – Pg. 85
- “I don’t say nothing. I think bout Nettie, dead. She fight, she run away. What good it do? I don’t fight, I stay where I’m told. But I’m alive.” – Pg. 90
- “I don’t know how to fight. All I know how to do is stay alive.” – Pg. 91
- “Can’t nothing heal without pain, you know.” – Pg. 95
- “I’m poor, black, I may even be ugly, but dear God, I’m here.” – Pg. 96
- “Harpo say, I love you, Squeak. He kneel down and try to put his arms round her. Squeak push him away. Every time you git a little teed off at me or the children, you want to run to somebody’s bed. Harpo, I love you, she say. But I’ll kill you dead before I let you beat me.” – Pg. 97
- “I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it.” – Pg. 99
- “I’m poor, black, I may even be ugly, but dear God, I’m here.” – Pg. 100
- “All my life I had to fight. I had to fight my daddy. I had to fight my brothers. I had to fight my cousins and my uncles. A girl child ain’t safe in a family of men. But I never thought I’d have to fight in my own house.” – Pg. 110
- “I think us can afford to give her a little time to herself. She a person think too much, all the time.” – Pg. 115
- “I’m poor, black, I may even be ugly, but dear God, I’m here.” – Pg. 123
- “I’m poor, I’m black, I’m ugly, I’m a woman, and I’m in jail. God, I’m in America.” – Pg. 133
- “I think it pisses God off when you walk by the color purple in a field and don’t notice it.” – Pg. 142
- “You got to fight. You got to fight. But I don’t know how to fight. All I know how to do is stay alive.” – Pg. 149
- “I’m poor, black, I may even be ugly, but dear God, I’m here.” – Pg. 162
- “You ought to bash Mister’s head open and think bout heaven later.” – Pg. 173
- “I think us here to wonder, myself. To wonder. To ast. And that in wondering bout the big things and asting bout the big things you learn about the little ones, almost by accident. But you never know nothing more about the big things than you start out with. The more I wonder, he say, the more I love.” – Pg. 175
- “I’m poor, black, I may even be ugly, but dear God, I’m here.” – Pg. 177
- “I’m poor, I’m black, I might even be ugly, but I’m here.” – Pg. 189
- “I’m poor, black, I may even be ugly, but dear God, I’m here.” – Pg. 199
- “I’m poor, black, I might even be ugly, but dear God, I’m here. I’m here.” – Pg. 201
- “I’m poor, black, I may even be ugly, but dear God, I’m here.” – Pg. 203
- “I’m poor, black, I may even be ugly, but dear God, I’m here.” – Pg. 207
- “I’m poor, black, I may even be ugly, but dear God, I’m here.” – Pg. 208
- “I’m poor, black, I may even be ugly, but dear God, I’m here.” – Pg. 210
- “I’m poor, black, I may even be ugly, but dear God, I’m here.” – Pg. 212
- “I’m poor, black, I may even be ugly, but dear God, I’m here.” – Pg. 213
- “I’m poor, black, I may even be ugly, but dear God, I’m here.” – Pg. 217
- “I’m poor, black, I may even be ugly, but dear God, I’m here.” – Pg. 221
- “I’m poor, black, I may even be ugly, but dear God, I’m here.” – Pg. 226
- “I’m poor, black, I may even be ugly, but dear God, I’m here.” – Pg. 228
- “I’m poor, black, I may even be ugly, but dear God, I’m here.” – Pg. 237
- “I’m poor, black, I may even be ugly, but dear