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

“Abuse victims are always the best actors. They have to be, to live their whole lives with the pain and shame pretending there is nothing wrong. It's the greatest performance of all.”
Richard Stephen Dreyfuss - Dr. Jake Rainer

“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