“I've suffered the tortures of the damned, sir... tortures of the damned.”
Malcom McDowell - Alex (A Clockwork Orange)

“All my life I had to fight. I had to fight my daddy. I had to fight my uncles. I had to fight my brothers. A girl child ain't safe in a family of men, but I ain't never thought I'd have to fight in my own house!”
Oprah Winfrey - Sofia

- Celie Johnson: He just climb on top of me and do his business.
- Shug Avery: "Do his business"? You sound like he going to the toilet on you.
- Celie Johnson: That's what it feels like.
- Shug Avery: Why then, Miss Celie... that means you’re still a virgin!
Whoopi Goldberg - Celie Johnson
Margaret Avery - Shug Avery

“I love Harpo, God knows I do. But I'll kill him dead 'fo I let him beat me.”
Oprah Winfrey - Sofia

“There are no clear pictures of the sexual abuse we endured. I buried it as deep as it can possibly go.”
Jason Patric - Shakes