Elizabeth

“I looked after that Dudley family for too long, over six years. His daddy would take him to the garage and whip him with a rubber hose-pipe trying to beat the girl out a that boy until I couldn't stand it no more.... I wish to God I'd told John Green Dudley he ain't going to hell. That he ain't no sideshow freak cause he like boys. I wish to God I'd filled his ears with good things like I'm trying to do with Mae Mobley. Instead, I just sat in the kitchen, waiting to put the salve on them hose-pipe welts.”
― Kathryn Stockett, The Help

“I may not remember my name or what country I live in, but you and that pie is something I will never forget.”
― Kathryn Stockett, The Help

“Lord, I never seen blue hair on a black woman before or since. Leroy say you look like a cracker from outer space.”
― Kathryn Stockett, The Help

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