“And she is remembering the words I put in her head…"You is kind," she say, "you is smart. You is important.” — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
“I look deep into her rich brown eyes and she look into mine. Law, she got old-soul eyes, like she done lived… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
No one tells us, girls who don't go on dates, that remembering can be almost as good as what actually happens. — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
I look deep into her rich brown eyes and she look into mine. Law, she got old-soul eyes, like she done lived… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
“No one tells us, girls who don't go on dates, that remembering can be almost as good as what actually happens. Mother… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
“Baby Girl,” I say. “I need you to remember everything I told you. Do you remember what I told you?” She still… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
Oh, it was delicious to have someone to keep secrets with. If I'd had a sister or a brother closer in age, I guessed… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share
I was born in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1969, in a time and place where no one was saying, 'Look how far we've come,' because… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share
“Tonight, I'll strip off all this armor and let it be as it was before..” — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share
“We look at each other a second. " I'm tired of the rules," I say. Aibileen chuckles and looks out the window. I realise… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share
“She blow em clean over. She suck the grits off the candle and start eating. After while, she smile up at me, say, "How… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share
Babies like fat. Like to bury they face up in you armpit and go to sleep. They like big fat legs too. That I… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share
They say it's like true love, good help. You only get one in a lifetime. — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share
That white uniform was her 'pass' to get into white places with us - the grocery store, the state fair, the movies. Even though… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share
Her nose wrinkle up cause now she got to remember to say she Mae Mobley Three, when her whole life she can remember, she… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share
“And then I realize what I’ve known all night. He is looking at me but he is thinking about... her.” — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share
“He needs "space" and "time," as if this were physics and not a human relationship.” — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share
“That’s her favorite story cause when I tell it, she get two presents. I take the brown wrapping from my Piggly Wiggly grocery bag… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share
Stuart stands and says, 'Come here,' and he's on my side of the room in one stride and he claps my hands to his… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share
