The Color Purple (The Color Purple Collection, #1)

by Alice Walker

the one God/Goddess that proved sturdy enough to be in Africa with them, on the slave ship, and also with them in Mississippi and New York, was Nature.

if we persevere we may, like her, eventually settle into amazement: that by some unfathomable kindness we have received just the right keys

we need to unlock the deepest, darkest dungeons of our emotional and spiritual bondage, and to experience our much longed for liberation and peace.

I believe God is everything, say Shug. Everything that is or ever was or ever will be. And when you can feel that, and be happy to feel that, you’ve found it.

gathered to experience the show and to celebrate “God” as Life and Love, Perseverance, Hope, Creativity and Joy.

The Lord don’t like ugly, she say. And he ain’t stuck on pretty.

You ought to bash Mr. _____ head open, she say. Think bout heaven later.

Hard to be Christ too, say Shug. But he manage. Remember that. Thou Shalt Not Kill, He said. And probably wanted to add on to that, Starting with me. He knowed the fools he was dealing with.

There is so much we don’t understand. And so much unhappiness comes because of that.

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.

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

They come to church to share God, not find God.