All I'm saying is, kindness don't have no boundaries.

Wasn't 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 I'd thought.

You is kind. You is smart. You is important.

...and that's when I get to wondering, what would happen if I told her she something good, ever day?

I was surprise to see the world didn't stop just cause my boy did.

Who knew paper and ink could be so vicious

That's what I love about Aibileen, she can take the most complicated things in life and wrap them up so small and simple, they'll fit right in your pocket.

it always sound scarier when a hollerer talk soft.

Miss Leefolt sigh, hang up the phone like she just don't know how her brain gone operate without Miss Hilly coming over to push the Think buttons.

It weren’t too loo long before I seen something in me, had changed. A bitter seed was planted inside of me. And I just didn’t feel so, accepting, anymore.

No one tells us, girls who don't go on dates, that remembering can be almost as good as what actually happens.

I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.

The most beautiful people are all in the library.

I have to always remember, writing is really hard.

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness: this triptych succinctly defines the attractiveness and superiority of Western civilization.

Between wisdom and a good shield, always prefer the wisdom, because no shield can protect us better than wisdom!

It would be nice to be on the charts again, nice to be recognised.

I always have an idea in the back of my head, but that goes with anything else that I'm doing. There is a sort of vision behind it.

Every part of you that you do not love will regress and become hostile towards you.

If you don't trust anyone, they can't let you down.

Anything you can imagine is probably true. And the worst you can imagine is probably worth money.