“Kids are clever and full of fun but, oh, they can be a terrible nuisance!”

“Susie?" "Yes?" "Just have fun, kid.”

“Oh, Celie, unbelief is a terrible thing. And so is the hurt we cause others unknowingly.”

“I am not a perfectionist…if you believe that your best is good enough, you will find happiness. The unknown can be exciting and full of opportunity but you have to be involved and you have to be able to evolve.”

“The life of my people is to remember forever; each head granary is full. The life of your people is to forget: your thing granaries ("museums"), and not yourselves, are full.”

“Teaching kids how to feed themselves and how to live in a community responsibly is the center of an education.”

“Oh , God, the British Have landed, Haven't they?”