“Helped are those who forgive; their reward shall be forgetfulness of every evil done to them. It will be in their power, therefore, to envision the new Earth. -----“The Gospel According to Shug” DoneEarthEvilForgivingRewardsForgetfulnessNew EarthShug Author:Alice Walker
“Man corrupt everything, say Shug. He on your box of grits, in your head, and all over the radio. He try to make you think he everywhere. Soon as you think he everywhere, you think he God. But he ain't. Whenever you trying to pray, and man plop himself on the other end of it, tell him to git lost, say Shug. Conjure up the flowers, wind, water, a big rock.” ThinkingMenTryingEndsBigsLostWaterRocksWindFlowerPrayingRadioBoxesMake You ThinkGritShug Book:Anything We Love Can Be Saved: A Writer's Activism Source: Anything We Love Can Be Saved: A Writer's Activism
“I feel a little peculiar around the children. For one thing, they grown. And I see they think me and Nettie and Shug and Albert and Samuel and Harpo and Sofia and Jack and Odessa real old and don't know much what going on. But I don't think us feel old at all. And us so happy. Matter of fact, I think this the youngest us ever felt.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsChildrenLittlesRealMatterFactsFeltOne ThingPeculiarMatter Of FactOdessaShug Author:Alice Walker
“I believe God is everything, say Shug. Everything that is or ever was or ever will be. And when you can feel that, and be happy to feel that, you've found It.” FeelsBelieveFoundI BelieveBelieve In GodShug Author:Alice Walker