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> [I'm pretty sure I can say that no one in my family ever asked Demetrie what it felt like to be black in Mississippi, working for our white family. It never occurred to us to ask. It was everyday life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-stockett/i-m-pretty-sure-i-can-say-that-no-one-in-my-family-ever-asked/)

[Kathryn Stockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-stockett/)

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## More by Kathryn Stockett

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-stockett/oh-it-was-delicious-to-have-someone-to-keep-secrets-with-if-i-d-had-a/)

[Kathryn Stockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-stockett/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-stockett/i-was-born-in-jackson-mississippi-in-1969-in-a-time-and-place-where/)

[Kathryn Stockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-stockett/)

> [“Tonight, I'll strip off all this armor and let it be as it was before..”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-stockett/tonight-i-ll-strip-off-all-this-armor-and-let-it-be-as-it-was-before/)

[Kathryn Stockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-stockett/)

> [“We look at each other a second. " I'm tired of the rules," I say. Aibileen chuckles and looks out the window. I realise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-stockett/we-look-at-each-other-a-second-i-m-tired-of-the-rules-i-say-aibileen/)

[Kathryn Stockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-stockett/)

> [“She blow em clean over. She suck the grits off the candle and start eating. After while, she smile up at me, say, "How…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-stockett/she-blow-em-clean-over-she-suck-the-grits-off-the-candle-and-start/)

[Kathryn Stockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-stockett/)

> [Babies like fat. Like to bury they face up in you armpit and go to sleep. They like big fat legs too. That I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-stockett/babies-like-fat-like-to-bury-they-face-up-in-you-armpit-and-go-to/)

[Kathryn Stockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-stockett/)

> [They say it's like true love, good help. You only get one in a lifetime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-stockett/they-say-it-s-like-true-love-good-help-you-only-get-one-in-a-lifetime/)

[Kathryn Stockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-stockett/)

> [That white uniform was her 'pass' to get into white places with us - the grocery store, the state fair, the movies. Even though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-stockett/that-white-uniform-was-her-pass-to-get-into-white-places-with-us-the/)

[Kathryn Stockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-stockett/)

> [“Kindness don't have no boundaries.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-stockett/kindness-don-t-have-no-boundaries/)

[Kathryn Stockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-stockett/)

> [Her nose wrinkle up cause now she got to remember to say she Mae Mobley Three, when her whole life she can remember, she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-stockett/her-nose-wrinkle-up-cause-now-she-got-to-remember-to-say-she-mae/)

[Kathryn Stockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-stockett/)

> [“And then I realize what I’ve known all night. He is looking at me but he is thinking about... her.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-stockett/and-then-i-realize-what-i-ve-known-all-night-he-is-looking-at-me-but/)

[Kathryn Stockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-stockett/)

> [“He needs "space" and "time," as if this were physics and not a human relationship.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-stockett/he-needs-space-and-time-as-if-this-were-physics-and-not-a-human/)

[Kathryn Stockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-stockett/)

> [“Find I can get my point across a lot better writing them down”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-stockett/find-i-can-get-my-point-across-a-lot-better-writing-them-down/)

[Kathryn Stockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-stockett/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-stockett/that-s-her-favorite-story-cause-when-i-tell-it-she-get-two-presents-i/)

[Kathryn Stockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-stockett/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-stockett/stuart-stands-and-says-come-here-and-he-s-on-my-side-of-the-room-in/)

[Kathryn Stockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-stockett/)

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