Émilie Marion’s Reviews > The Color Purple > Status Update

"The Olinka do not believe girls should be educated. When I asked a mother why she thought this, she said: A girl is nothing to herself; only to her husband can she become something."
WOMAN DO NOT NEED A MAN TO FEEL FULFILLED IN LIFE!! A WOMAN WITH OR WITHOUT A HUSBAND IS LITERALLY THE SAME THING.

"If you was my wife, she say, I’d cover you up with kisses stead of licks, and work hard for you too." -Shug Avery

Yes you would have been the perfect wives Shug and Celie 💜

I have been binge reading this morning… holy Shug Avery you are a lot of woman ✨💅
The things you are making Celie think and do ❤️‍🔥

Poor Celie, I hope things turn out much better for her. Because since the beginning of this book she has just been going through hell. Right now it is getting a tiny bit better, but… I think it’s going to become worse thanks to Mr ____