Queen Sugar
Tuesdays 8:00 PM on OWNQueen Sugar Season 4 Episode 10: "Oh Mamere" Quotes
Nova: I’m not giving up. Please, don’t give up on me.
Violet: Nova, I’ve got memories I left in the past seeping into my bones again, invading my mind, my marriage. It don’t feel good. That’s on you.
Nova: You know what, I’m more sorry than I’ve ever been about anything. I should have discussed what I was doing with you, with everyone. Got your blessing.
Violet: And if I have said "no, don’t do it," would you have listened?
Micah: You’re such a ham, Blue.
Blue: Virginia salty.
Micah: You know, Blue, I remember when my parents first started hanging out with other people. At first, it made me sad cause I thought it meant we weren’t going to spend any time together, but I met the other people and they were nice, you know? I think that my mom and dad are actually happier.
Blue: So you didn’t feel sad anymore, ever?
Micah: Sometimes. Sometimes, but you know what? There’s a bright side, a big one.
Blue: What?
Micah: You get two Christmases. You get two birthday presents. You get two graduation parties once I get my college letters. You get two separate rooms that you can decorate and play in.
Blue: Double presents is pretty awesome.
Micah: It is.
So you’re of the school that it’s better to ask for forgiveness than permission. How’d that work out?
Charley
Nova: For some reason, I always feel small around you, still. For a long time, I felt that was on me. Then I came to feel it was on you, but both are wrong. Sometimes things are the way they are.
Charley: Every time I think we’re starting to understand, after all this time, it’s clear to me that we still don’t know each other as well as we think we do.
Violet: Darla, Baby, you listen to me. Listen, if you were out of it then you were not in the right mind to agree to anything. Do you hear me? And that ain’t just my opinion that’s the law. You understand?
Darla: But…
Violet: But, my ass. There is no "but" here.
Darla: I was…I was… Maybe, maybe I didn’t say no.
Violet: And maybe you did or maybe you didn’t say nothing because you couldn’t. If you can’t remember any of this…It was hard for me too but he was my husband and I was young and thought this was just the way it had to be. I even stopped saying no because it didn’t seem to matter. Blamed myself, thought there was something wrong with me, but I know now that it wasn’t right then and it ain’t right now. No means no, no matter the circumstances. And even if you don’t say no, or can’t, don’t no man or anybody else have the right to take advantage of you. That’s rape.
Prosper: Young man, it’s okay if you ain’t okay, you know that right?
Ralph Angel: You okay?
Micah: You know, I’m just tired of it.
Prosper: We can’t ever get so tired we start letting other folks tell us who we are. You hear me?
Micah: Yes, sir.
Prosper: You keep your head up. Don’t ever let them put you in that place, that dark place. You keep living, loving, growing and doing for others. That’s the key. Just like we do for you, you make sure you do it for somebody else.
