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“She say, Celie, tell the truth, have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show. Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me. And I think all the other folks did too. They come to church to share God, not find God.”
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“How true it is that men live for Things and women for People!”
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“... a scientist or a writer is one who ruminates continuously on the nature of physical or imaginative life, experiences repeated relief and excitement when the insight comes, and is endlessly attracted to working out the idea.”
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“... you do flatter yourself, you know, always imagining that you're the only one of your kind.”
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“Education is a wonderful thing. If you couldn't sign your name you'd have to pay cash.”
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“If girls are highbrow, they must keep it pretty dark. It's a potential sin, and if it is acute, to expose it is sure to make men take to their heels.”
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“Secretly, we wish anyone we love will think exactly the way we do.”
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“... I can now measure many of my friendships in decades. This is the upside of middle age.”