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“If she come, I be happy. If she don't, I be content.”
― The Color Purple
― The Color Purple
“I wish I could be traveling with her, but thank God she able to do it. Sometimes I feel mad at her. Feel like I could scratch her hair right off her head. But then I think, Shug got a right to live too. She got a right to look over the world in whatever company she choose. Just cause I love her don't take away none of her rights.”
― The Color Purple
― The Color Purple
“Who am I to tell her who to love? My job just to love her good and true myself. P. 237”
― The Color Purple
― The Color Purple
“If you was my wife, she say, I'd cover you up with kisses stead of licks, and work hard for you too.”
― The Color Purple
― The Color Purple
“Shug Avery sat up in bed a little today. I wash and comb out her hair. She got the nottiest, shortest, kinkiest hair I ever saw, and I loves every strand of it.”
― The Color Purple
― The Color Purple
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