Kathryn Stockett Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• 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.

  Kathryn Stockett

  Women, Book, Two

  Kathryn Stockett (2009). “The Help”, p.438, Penguin

• 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.

  Kathryn Stockett

  Book, Order, California

  Kathryn Stockett (2009). “The Help”, p.81, Penguin

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

  Kathryn Stockett

  Book, Giving, Missing

  "The Help". Book by Kathryn Stockett, 2009.

• I'm pretty sure I can say that no one in my family ever asked Demetrie what it felt like to be black in Mississippi, working for our white family. It never occurred to us to ask. It was everyday life. It wasn't something people felt compelled to examine. I have wished, for many years, that I'd been old enough and thoughtful enough to ask Demetrie that question. She died when I was sixteen. I've spent years imagining what her answer would be. And that is why I wrote this book.

  Kathryn Stockett

  Book, Thoughtful, Years

• I grew up in the 1970s, but I don't think a whole lot had changed from the '60s. Oh, it had changed in the law books - but not in the kitchens of white homes.

  Kathryn Stockett

  Book, Home, Thinking

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