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> [Rule Number One for working for a white lady, Minny: it is nobody’s business. You keep your nose out of your White Lady’s problems, you don’t go crying to her with yours—you can’t pay the light bill? Your feet are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-stockett/rule-number-one-for-working-for-a-white-lady-minny-it-is-nobody-s/)

[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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