Quotes by Kathyrn Stockett

I say, You a kind girl, and she nod, repeat it back to me. But before I can do another one, she get up and chase that poor dog around the yard and laugh and thats when I get to wondering, what would happen if I told her she something good, ever day?

Miss Taylor says kids that are colored cant go to my school cause theyre not smart enough. I come round the counter then. Lift her chin up and smooth back her funny-looking hair. You think Im dumb? No, she whispers hard, like she means it so much. She look sorry she said it. What that tell you about Miss Taylor, then? She blink, like she listening good. Means Miss Taylor aint right all the time, I say. She hug me around my neck, say, Youre righter than Miss Taylor. I tear up then. My cup is spilling over. Those is new words to me.

There is so much you dont know about a person. I wonder if I couldve made her days a little bit easier, if Id tried. If Id treated her a little nicer. Wasnt that the point of the book? For women to realize, We are just two people. Not that much separates us. Not nearly as much as Id thought.