Queen Sugar
Tuesdays 8:00 PM on OWNQueen Sugar Season 4 Episode 7: "Of Several Centuries" Quotes
I’d rather be betrayed by one of them than by one of my own.
Councilwoman
It’s not every day the love of a man’s life writes a book and then tells the world he’s the love of hers.
Calvin
Rhonda: Ms. Violet, maybe you should call Hollywood.
Violet: No, he’s with his mama, and this is not the first wall of shit I’ve run in to.
Nova: I didn’t even know you were into having a business and all of that.
Calvin: I didn’t either. I didn’t know a lot about myself. Last year was a real roller coaster, but all in all, it was a great ride.
Violet: Good news is, it’s just stuff and I’ve got good insurance so we’ll be all right.
Prosper: This ain’t the first time we’ve seen this kind of thing but I tell you what we’re not going to do is look at this mess one second longer than we need to.
Charley: I have to say, Aunt Vi, you are handling this very well.
Violet: Well, crawling into the fetal position ain’t going to help none, besides, I’ve been through this before.
Charley: The diner’s been vandalized before?
Violet: Nope. My house. A parting gift from Jimmy Dale. I got through that and I’m going to get through this.
Nova: As the weeks are turning into months and no one’s returning my calls I feel like I may have lost my family.
Calvin: I don’t think that’s possible. There’s too much love there and love just doesn’t disappear because we want it to.
We will hit them with everything we can. If they’re going to take this from you, they’re going to have to work for it.
Deesha
I didn’t want to do it. This man, he offered me $500. I said no, then he said they’d do to my mom what they did to my dad unless I threw that brick through your window and messed up the diner.
Joaquin
This ain’t about black and white, Charley. This is winners and losers. Big energy won this fight a long time ago, you just gotta pick a side. We did, eventually, you will as well.
Jacob
Jacob: I won’t just let you make a fool of me, you know that, don’t you?
Charley: I think it’s a little late for that. Get out.
Charley: The time has come for justice and to end corporate greed and the exploitation of small, vulnerable communities.
Councilwoman: We’re here today to say we’re united. Defeating us won’t be easy.
Charley: We won’t let you walk over us, take away our farms and homes, destroy our livelihoods. We will keep fighting and we’re confident we will win.
