Quotes by Kathryn Stockett

Kathryn Stockett

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

Believe

Choices

I Realized

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

Happens

Ifs

Wonder

…My sister Doreena who never lifted a royal finger growing up because she had the heart defect that we later found out was a fly on the X-ray machine.

Growing Up

Heart

Rays

…out of the blue, he kissed me. Right in the middle of the Robert E. Lee Hotel Restaurant, he kissed me so slowly with an open mouth and every single thing in my body-my skin, my collarbone, the hollow backs of my knees, everything inside of me filled up with light.

Blue

Filled Up

Light

[Crisco] ain’t just for frying. You ever get a sticky something stuck in your hair,like gum?…That’s right, Crisco. Spread this on a baby’s bottom, you won’t even know what diaper rash is…shoot, I seen ladies rub it under they eyes and on they husband’s scaly feet…Clean the goo from a price tag, take the squeak out a door hinge. Lights get cut off, stick a wick in it and burn it like a candle….And after all that, it’ll still fry your chicken.

Baby

Eye

Husband

And why? Because they are suffocating within the lines that define their town and their times. And sometimes lines are made to be crossed.

Lines

Sometimes

Towns

And you call yourself a Christian,’ were Hilly’s words to me and I thought, God. When did I ever do that?

Christian

As children, we looked up to our maids and our nannies, who were playing in some ways the role of our mothers. They were paid to be nice to us, to look after us, teach us things and take time out of their day to be with us. As a child you think of these people as an extension of your mother.

Children

Inspiring

Mothers Day

Babies like fat. Like to bury they face up in you armpit and go to sleep. They like big fat legs too. That I know.

Baby

Legs

Sleep

Down in the national news section, there’s an article on a new pill, the ‘Valium’ they’re calling it, ‘to help women cope with everyday challenges.’ God, I could use about ten of those little pills right now.

Challenges

Everyday

Pills

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Children

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Christian

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Dumb

Eating

Everyday

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Figures

Filled Up

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Fool

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Quotes by Kathryn Stockett

Kathryn Stockett

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

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

…My sister Doreena who never lifted a royal finger growing up because she had the heart defect that we later found out was a fly on the X-ray machine.

…out of the blue, he kissed me. Right in the middle of the Robert E. Lee Hotel Restaurant, he kissed me so slowly with an open mouth and every single thing in my body-my skin, my collarbone, the hollow backs of my knees, everything inside of me filled up with light.

And why? Because they are suffocating within the lines that define their town and their times. And sometimes lines are made to be crossed.

And you call yourself a Christian,’ were Hilly’s words to me and I thought, God. When did I ever do that?

As children, we looked up to our maids and our nannies, who were playing in some ways the role of our mothers. They were paid to be nice to us, to look after us, teach us things and take time out of their day to be with us. As a child you think of these people as an extension of your mother.

Babies like fat. Like to bury they face up in you armpit and go to sleep. They like big fat legs too. That I know.

Down in the national news section, there’s an article on a new pill, the ‘Valium’ they’re calling it, ‘to help women cope with everyday challenges.’ God, I could use about ten of those little pills right now.

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