I used to believe in 'em [lines]. I don't anymore. They in our heads. People like Miss Hilly is always trying to make us believe they there. But they ain't." - Aibileen

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.

Write about what disturbs you, particularly if it bothers no one else.

Ever morning, until you dead in the ground, you gone have to make this decision. You gone have to ask yourself, "Am I gone believe what them fools say about me today?

I always order the banned books from a black market dealer in California, figuring if the State of Mississippi banned them, they must be good.

....I realized I actually had a choice in what I could believe.

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

Great books give you a feeling that you miss all day, until you finally get to crawl back inside those pages again.

...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

Humility is realm of a humble heart.

If I can’t quite figure out what an ego is, all I have to do is look for the thing that’s killing itself in the very act of feeding itself.

First publication is a pure carnal leap into that dark which one dreams is life.

Trenches, hospitals, the common grave--there are no other possibilities.

We look our best in subdued colors, sophisticated cuts, and a general air of sleek understatement.

Never sit at a table you can’t walk away from.

I have no words for my reality.

When a man is not disposed to hear music, there is not a more disagreeable sound in harmony than that of the violin.

Running has never failed to give me great end results, and that's why I keep coming back for more!

When you give the American people the tools to make the right choices for themselves, they're going to do that.