“Sometimes the dead don't stay where you put them.”
“When would he learn that women never stayed where you put them?”
“I'm a member and preacher to that church where the blind don't see and the lame don't walk and what's dead stays that way.”
“Sleep well, and stay where I put you.”
“You got to fight them, Celie, she say. I can't do it for you.You got to fight them for yourself.I don't say nothing. I think bout Nettie, dead. She fight, she run away. What good it do? I don't fight, I stay where I'm told. But I'm alive.”
“If you can’t believe in miracles, then believe in yourself. When you want something bad enough, let that drive push you to make it happen. Sometimes you’ll run into brick walls that are put there to test you. Find a way around them and stay focused on your dream. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.”