He's 15. That's a lot of emotional terrain to cross at 15. Let him be.

Nova

Charley: He's giving me the silent treatment.
Violet: Well, you need to give him the ass whooping treatment.

Nova: This land's been paid for.
Ralph Angel: Over and over again.
Charley: No more running. No more taking the easy way out. I don't have any answers. All I know is, we ain't going no where.

Your daddy didn't just up and die. They killed him, slow. Every time he took a good step they found some way to strike him down, but hell or high water he wouldn't give up. Not when he knew what it cost to get it.

Violet

You're black and you're the son of a superstar and that was great when your father was seen as one of the good ones, but between your father, and that picture, and the paparazzi showing up, everything changed.

Charley

We had two workers murdered on our land. If I was them I wouldn't come back neither.

Nova

Why can't you just let things go? Baby, we wasting our days and I'd rather be spending mine with you.

Hollywood

This ain't going to be some Netflix and chill kind of situation.

Kiki

Look, I know you mean well, but this is a big platform for me. I don't want anybody putting words in my mouth. I don't want the conversation to end before it even starts.

Nova

Nova: Most people just work to feed themselves and their families, they're not trying to be political. Everything is not always so black and white.
Chantal: Says the sister sleeping with the white cop on a racist police force.

We're just trying to do our jobs. If they don't trust us, it's on them.

Deputy

Hollywood: You ever shot a gun before?
Micah: Of course I have.
Kiki: Paintballs don't count.

Queen Sugar Season 1 Quotes

The players who got caught with the girl are just kids, coming straight out of high school. No home training, no life skills. We hand them millions of dollars and then say good luck. They marry riffraff. They live wild, now they're messing up our livelihood.

Charley

Nova: Be good.
Calvin: I won't tell you the same.
Nova: You know better.