Aibileen

"You is kind. You is smart. You is important." pg. 111

"Stop that moment from coming – and it come in every child's life – when they start to think that colored folks ain't as good as whites". 


“You see her in the Jitney 14 grocery, you never think she go and leave her baby crying in her crib like that.  But the help always know.” Pg. 5


“Three years ago today, Treelore died.  But by Miss Leefolt’s book it’s still floor cleaning day.”  Pg. 114