Queen Sugar
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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.
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: 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.
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.
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.
Nova: I’m talking about my family. They’re important to me.
Octavia: You know how I feel about family, they’re just biological accidents.
Nova: I hate it when you say that. It’s not true, at least not for me.
Sometimes we have to put family in the rearview to get to where we want to go.
Octavia
Reporter: How has sharing the truth with the world impacted you and your family?
Nova: The truth can be difficult to face sometimes but on the other side of that confrontation is healing and healing takes time.
Ralph Angel: I’m just thinking about today. I think about tomorrow, tomorrow, feel me?
Hollywood: You ever ask yourself if tomorrows are for other folk?