Top 25 Quotes by Kathryn Stockett of 109 - Page 5

He let out a long sorry sigh and I love that look on his face, that disappointment. I understand now why girls resist,just for that sweet look of regret.

He let out a long sorry sigh and I love that look on his face, that disappointment. I understand now why girls resist,just for that sweet look of regret.

Kathryn Stockett

Girl, Sweet, Sorry

Kathryn Stockett (2011). “The Help”, p.375, Penguin UK

Womens, they ain't like men. A woman ain't gone beat you with a stick. Miss Hilly wouldn't pull no pistol on me. Miss Leefolt wouldn't come burn my house down. No, white womens like to keep they hands clean. They got a shiny little set of tools they use, sharp as witches' fingernails, tidy and laid out neat, like the picks on a dentist tray. They gone take they time with em.

Kathryn Stockett

Men, Hands, White

Kathryn Stockett (2009). “The Help”, p.200, Penguin

Mother calls up the stairs to ask what in the world I'm typing up there all day and I holler down, 'Just typing up some notes from the Bible study. Just writing down all the things I love about Jesus.

Kathryn Stockett

Mother, Jesus, Writing

Kathryn Stockett (2009). “The Help”, p.166, Penguin

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.

Kathryn Stockett

Sad, Depression, Long

She dumb.” I sigh. “But she ain’t stupid.

Kathryn Stockett

Stupid, Dumb, Sigh

Mississippi is like my mother. I am allowed to complain about her all I want, but God help the person who raises an ill word about her around me, unless she is their mother too.

Kathryn Stockett

Mother, Complaining, Want

Kathryn Stockett (2009). “The Help”, p.469, Penguin

Truth. It feels cool, like water washing over my sticky-hot body. Cooling a heat that's been burning me up all my life. Truth, I say inside my head again, just for that feeling.

Kathryn Stockett

Water, Feelings, Hot

Kathryn Stockett (2009). “The Help”, p.142, Penguin