“He needs "space" and "time," as if this were physics and not a human relationship.” — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
Stuart needs "space" and "time," as if this were physics and not a human relationship. — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
“I never once heard her say she gone leave Leroy, and Minny don't say things twice. When she do things, they done… — 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… — 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 weve… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
“By the time she a year old Mae Mobley following me around everwhere I go….Miss Leefolt, she’d narrow up her eyes at… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
“The first time I was ever called ugly, I was thirteen. It was a rich friend of my brother Carlton's over to… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time they was two girls," I say. "one girl had black skin, one girl had white." Mae Mobley look… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
And why? Because they are suffocating within the lines that define their town and their times. And sometimes lines are made to… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
But certainly in my grandmother's time - and when I was growing up, yeah, Demetrie's bathroom was on the side of the… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
Having a separate bathroom for the black domestic was just the way things were done. It had faded out in new homes… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
“But I do not know what to tell myself. Stuart needs "space" and "time," as if this were physics and not a… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
Miss Celia stares down into the pot like she's looking for her future. "Are you happy, Minny?" "Why you ask me funny… — 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
