“I’ve never been happier in my whole life.” I leave it at that. Underneath all that happy, she sure doesn’t look happy.” — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
Ever morning, until you dead in the ground, you gone have to make this decision. You gone have to ask yourself, "Am… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
When I grew older and awkward, when my parents divorced and life had gone all to hell, Demetrie stood me at the… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
“I'd rather spend the rest of my life right here in Aibileen's cozy little kitchen, having her explain the world to me.… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
That's what I love about Aibileen, she can take the most complicated things in life and wrap them up so small and… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
I want to yell so loud that Baby Girl can hear me that dirty ain't a color, disease ain't the Negro side… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
All my life I'd been told what to believe about politics, coloreds, being a girl. But with Constantine's thumb pressed in my… — 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 Image
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 Image
“Tonight, I'll strip off all this armor and let it be as it was before..” — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
They say it's like true love, good help. You only get one in a lifetime. — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“He needs "space" and "time," as if this were physics and not a human relationship.” — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
