“Sat in that jail, I sat in that jail 'til I near about done rot to death. I know what it like to wanna go somewhere and cain't. I know what it like to wanna sing...and have it beat out 'ya. I want to thank you, Miss Celie, fo everything you done for me. I 'members that day in the store with Miss Millie—I's feelin' real down. I's feelin' mighty bad. And when I seed you—I know'd there is a God. I know'd there is a God.”