“Celie, you has my sympathy. Ain't many women allow they husband's ho to lay up in they house.”Tagged: sympathy, husband, Ho
“[Sofia begins to laugh after years of silence] My God, the dead has arisen.”Tagged: Resurrection, dead, arisen
“[referring to Shug] She black as tar, nappy-headed, got legs like baseball bats, and I hear she got that nasty women's disease.”Tagged: STDs, Black, nappy-headed
“Boy, you goin' let this ol' nappy-headed girl cuss you out like that? You sittin' at the head of your own dinner table and actin' like the waiter!”Tagged: nappy, nappy-headed, Dinner, waiter