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The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, is a novel about black maids working in white homes in the early 1960s in Jackson, Mississippi.
The stories of the maids wouldn’t be told if it wasn’t for Miss Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan. Skeeter is a 22-year-old college graduate who returns to her family’s cotton plantation and finds that her maid and nanny, Constantine, has gone, and no one will tell her why she left.
Skeeter wants to be a writer. But her only job offer is writing a housekeeping advice column for the Jackson Journal. Because she knows little about writing, she asks her friend’s maid, Aibileen, for advice.
But she also discovers what happened to Constantine and the secrets of the maid’s white bosses. With the help of the maids, Skeeter writes an anonymous book that gives a powerful voice to the black maids.
The Help Quotes With Page Numbers Chapter 1
“That was the day my whole world went black. Air looked black. Sun looked black. I laid up in bed and stared at the black walls of my house….Took three months before I even looked out the window, see the world still there. I was surprised to see the world didn’t stop.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 1, Page 3
“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, The Help, Chapter 1, Page 3
Quotes From The Help With Page Numbers Chapter 2
“That’s the way prayer do. It’s like electricity, it keeps things going.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 2, Page 27
“I don’t know what to say to her. All I know is, I ain’t saying it. And I know she ain’t saying what she want a say either and it’s a strange thing happening here cause nobody saying nothing and we still managing to have us a conversation.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 2, Page 35
The Help Quotes And Page Numbers Chapter 3
“She’s wearing a tight red sweater and a red skirt and enough makeup to scare a hooker.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 3, Page 50
The Help Quotes With Page Numbers Chapters 4 – 5
“The day your child says she hates you, and every child will go through the phase, it kicks like a foot in the stomach.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 4, Page 60
“Ugly live up on the inside. Ugly be a hurtful, mean person.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 5, Page 73
“Ever morning, until you dead in the ground, you gone have to make this decision. You gone have to ask yourself, “Am I gone believe what them fools say about me today?”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 5, Page 73
“The first time I was ever called ugly, I was thirteen. It was a rich friend of my brother Carlton’s over to shoot guns in the field.
‘Why you crying, girl?’ Constantine asked me in the kitchen.
I told her what the boy had called me, tears streaming down my face.
‘Well? Is you?’
I blinked, paused my crying. ‘Is I what?’
‘Now you look a here, Egenia’-because constantien was the only one who’d occasionally follow Mama’s rule. ‘Ugly live up on the inside. Ugly be a hurtful, mean person. Is you one a them peoples?’
‘I don’t know. I don’t think so,’ I sobbed.
Constantine sat down next to me, at the kitchen table. I heard the cracking of her swollen joints. She pressed her thumb hard in the palm of my hand, somthing we both knew meant Listen. Listen to me.
‘Ever morning, until you dead in the ground, you gone have to make this decision.’ Constantine was so close, I could see the blackness of her gums. ‘You gone have to ask yourself, Am I gone believe what them fools say about me today?’
She kept her thumb pressed hard in my hand. I nodded that I understood. I was just smart enough to realize she meant white people. And even though I still felt miserable, and knew that I was, most likely, ugly, it was the first time she ever talked to me like I was something besides my mother’s white child. All my life I’d been told what to believe about politics, coloreds, being a girl. But with Constantine’s thumb pressed in my hand, I realized I actually had a choice in what I could believe.”~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 5, Pages 73-74
“All my life I’d been told what to believe about politics, coloreds, being a girl. But with Constantine’s thumb pressed in my hand, I realized I actually had a choice in what I could believe.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 5, Page 74
“Oh, it was delicious to have someone to keep secrets with. If I’d had a sister or a brother closer in age, I guessed that’s what it would be like. But it wasn’t just smoking or skirting around Mother. It was having someone look at you after your mother has nearly fretted herself to death because you are freakishly tall and frizzy and odd. Someone whose eyes simply said, without words, You are fine with me.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 5, Page 76
“I listened wide-eyed, stupid. Glowing by her voice in the dim light. If chocolate was a sound, it would’ve been Constantine’s voice singing. If singing was a color, it would’ve been the color of that chocolate.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 5, Page 78
The Help Quotes With Page Numbers Chapter 6
“I head down the steps to see if my mail-order copy of Catcher in the Rye is in the box. 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, The Help, Chapter 6, Page 82
“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, The Help, Chapter 6, Page 82
“Write about what disturbs you, particularly if it bothers no one else.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 6, Page 83
The Help Quotes With Page Numbers Chapters 7 – 10
“…and that’s when I get to wondering, what would happen if I told her she something good, ever day?”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 7, Page 107
“Everyone knows how we white people feel, the glorified Mammy figure who dedicates her whole life to a white family. Margaret Mitchell covered that. But no one ever asked Mammy how she felt about it.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 8, Page 123
“I’m sorry, but were you dropped on your head as an infant?”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 9, Page 139
“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, The Help, Chapter 10, Page 151
The Help Quotes With Page Numbers Chapter 11
“I give in and light another cigarette even though last night the surgeon general came on the television set and shook his finger at everybody, trying to convince us that smoking will kill us. But Mother once told me tongue kissing would turn me blind and I’m starting to think it’s all just a big plot between the surgeon general and Mother to make sure no one ever has any fun.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 11, Page 173
“I come home that morning, after I been fired, and stood outside my house with my new work shoes on. The shoes my mama paid a month’s worth a light bill for. I guess that’s when I understood what shame was and the color of it too. Shame ain’t black, like dirt, like I always thought it was. Shame be the color of a new white uniform your mother ironed all night to pay for, white without a smudge or a speck a work-dirt on it.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 11, Pages 175-176
The Help Quotes With Page Numbers Chapter 13
“No one tells us, girls who don’t go on dates, that remembering can be almost as good as what actually happens.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 13, Page 199
“…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.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 13, Pages 200-201
The Help Quotes With Page Numbers Chapters 14 -19
“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, The Help, Chapter 14, Page 220
“Miss Leefolt sigh, hang up the phone like she just don’t know how her brain gone operate without Miss Hilly coming over to push the Think buttons.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 14, Page 225
“it always sound scarier when a hollerer talk soft.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 14, Page 229
“Once upon a time they was two girls,” I say. “one girl had black skin, one girl had white.”
Mae Mobley look up at me. She listening.
“Little colored girl say to little white girl, ‘How come your skin be so pale?’ White girl say, ‘I don’t know. How come your skin be so black? What you think that mean?’
“But neither one a them little girls knew. So little white girl say, ‘Well, let’s see. You got hair, I got hair.'”I gives Mae Mobley a little tousle on her head.
“Little colored girl say ‘I got a nose, you got a nose.'”I gives her little snout a tweak. She got to reach up and do the same to me.
“Little white girl say, ‘I got toes, you got toes.’ And I do the little thing with her toes, but she can’t get to mine cause I got my white work shoes on.
“‘So we’s the same. Just a different color’, say that little colored girl. The little white girl she agreed and they was friends. The End.”
Baby Girl just look at me. Law, that was a sorry story if I ever heard one. Wasn’t even no plot to it. But Mae Mobley, she smile and say, “Tell it again.”~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 15, Page 234
“Frying chicken always makes me feel a little better about life.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 17, Page 263
“I worked for Miss Margaret thirty-eight years. She had her a baby girl with the colic and the only thing that stopped the hurting was to hold her. So I made me a wrap. I tied her up on my waist, toted her around all day with me for a entire year. That baby like to break my back. Put ice packs on it ever night and still do. But I loved that girl. And I loved Miss Margaret.
Miss Margaret always made me put my hair up in a rag, say she know coloreds don’t wash their hair. Counted ever piece a silver after I done the polishing. When Miss Margaret die of the lady problems thirty years later, I go to the funeral. Her husband hug me, cry on my shoulder. When it’s over, he give me a envelope. Inside a letter from Miss Margaret reading, ‘Thank you. For making my baby stop hurting. I never forgot it.’
Callie takes off her black-rimmed glasses, wipes her eyes.
If any white lady reads my story, that’s what I want them to know. Saying thank you, when you really mean it, when you remember what someone done for you-she shakes her head, stares down at the scratched table-it’s so good.”~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 19, Page 306
The Help Quotes With Page Numbers Chapter 21
“He needs “space” and “time,” as if this were physics and not a human relationship.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 21, Page 325
“Stuart needs “space” and “time,” as if this were physics and not a human relationship.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 21, Page 326
The Help Quotes With Page Numbers Chapters 22 – 23
“When you little, you only get asked two questions, what’s your name and how old you is, so you better get em right.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 22, Page 333
“That’s all a grit is, a vehicle. For whatever it is you rather be eating.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 22, Page 334
“Today I’m on tell you bout a man from outer space.” She just loves hearing about peoples from outer space. Her favorite show on the tee-vee is My Favorite Martian, I pull on my antennae hats I shaped last night out a tin foil, fasten em on our heads. One for her and one for me. We look like we a couple a crazy people in them things.
“One day, a wise Martian come down to Earth to teach us people a thing or two,” I say.
“Martian? How big?”
“oh, he about six-two.”
“What’s his name?”
“Martian Luther King.”
She take a deep breath and lean her head down on my shoulder. I feel her three-year-old heart racing against mine, flapping like butterflies on my white uniform.
“He was a real nice Martian, Mister King. Looked just like us, nose, mouth, hair up on his head, but sometime people looked at him funny and sometime, well, I guess sometime people was just downright mean.”
I coul get in a lot a trouble telling her these little stories, especially with Mister Leefolt. But Mae Mobley know these our “secret stories”.
“Why Aibee? Why was they so mean to him?” she ask.
“Cause he was green.”~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 23, Pages 349-350
The Help Quotes With Page Numbers Chapters 24 – 25
“It seems like at some point you’d run out of awful.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 24, Page 365
“All I’m saying is, kindness don’t have no boundaries.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 24, Page 368
“That’s what I love about Aibileen, she can take the most complicated things in life and wrap them up so small and simple, they’ll fit right in your pocket.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 24, Page 369
“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, Chapter 25, Page 391
The Help Quotes With Page Numbers Chapter 27
“I tell myself that’s what you get when you put thirty-one toilets on the most popular girl’s front yard. People tend to treat you a little differently than before.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 27, Page 406
“I always thought insanity would be a dark, bitter feeling, but it is drenching and delicious if you really roll around in it.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 27, Page 407
“And you call yourself a Christian,’ were Hilly’s words to me and I thought, God. When did I ever do that?”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 27, Page 407
“I’d cry, if only I had the time to do it.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 27, Page 417
“Sorry is the fool who ever underestimates my mother.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 27, Page 420
“Who knew paper and ink could be so vicious”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 27, Page 421
The Help Quotes With Page Numbers Chapter 33
“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, The Help, Chapter 33, Page 492
“We are just two people. Not that much separates us. Not nearly as much as I’d thought.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 33, Page 492
“You got nothing left here but enemies in the Junior League and a mama that’s gonna drive you to drink. You done burned ever bridge there is. And you ain’t never gone get another boyfriend in this town and everbody know it. So don’t walk your white butt to New York, run it.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 33, Page 499
The Help Quotes With Page Numbers Chapter 34
“Baby Girl,” I say. “I need you to remember everything I told you. Do you remember what I told you?”
She still crying steady, but the hiccups is gone. “To wipe my bottom good when I’m done?”
“No, baby, the other. About what you are.”
I look deep into her rich brown eyes and she look into mine. Law, she got old-soul eyes, like she done lived a thousand years. And I swear I see, down inside, the woman she gone grow up to be. A flash from the future. She is tall and straight. She is proud. She got a better haircut. And she is remembering the words I put in her head. Remembering as a full grown woman.
And then she say it, just like I need her to. “You is kind,” she say, “you is smart. You is important.”~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 34, Page 520
“You is kind…You is smart. You is important.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 34, Page 521
“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, The Help, Too Little, Too Late, Page 528
The Help Quotes Meaning And Analysis
Here’s a list of the top 25 popular quotes from “The Help.” I’ve included the chapter, page number, and analysis for easy reference.
1. “You is kind…You is smart. You is important.” Meaning and Page Number
“You is kind…You is smart. You is important.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 34, Page 521
The quote from the book “The Help” is a reminder that every person is important and has value. It is a message of hope and encouragement, urging us to be kind to others and ourselves.
This quote speaks to the human condition, reminding us of our shared experiences and common humanity. It is a reminder that we are all in this together and have the power to make a difference.
2. “Am I gone believe what them fools say about me today?” Meaning and Page Number
“Ever morning, until you dead in the ground, you gone have to make this decision. You gone have to ask yourself, “Am I gone believe what them fools say about me today?”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 5, Page 73
This inspiring quote from The Help speaks to the power of self-belief. It encourages us to ask ourselves if we believe what others say about us each morning.
It reminds us that we have the power to choose how we think about ourselves and not let the opinions of others define us. It is a reminder that we can make the right decision and believe in ourselves, despite the criticism or gossip of others.
3. “I always thought insanity would be a dark, bitter feeling” Meaning and Page Number
“I always thought insanity would be a dark, bitter feeling, but it is drenching and delicious if you really roll around in it.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 27, Page 407
This quote from “The Help” speaks to the power of embracing our feelings and emotions, no matter how difficult or uncomfortable. It suggests that embracing our innermost thoughts can be liberating and pleasurable rather than being something to be feared.
The message is one of resilience and hope, reminding us that no matter how hard we may feel the weight of our emotions, we can still find moments of joy and pleasure within them.
4. “All I’m saying is, kindness don’t have no boundaries.” Meaning and Page Number
“All I’m saying is, kindness don’t have no boundaries.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 24, Page 368
The meaning of this quote from the book the Help by Aibileen is that kindness has no boundaries. It can be shown to anyone, no matter who they are or what they have done. This can make a huge difference in their lives and show them that good people are still out there.
5. “Not that much separates us. Not nearly as much as I’d thought.” Meaning and Page number
“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, The Help, Chapter 33, Page 492
The quote is an inspirational statement encouraging women to understand their relationships with others. It is meant to remind women they are similar despite their differences.
This reminder can help women feel more connected to one another and appreciate their relationships.
6. “Write about what disturbs you, particularly if it bothers no one else.” Meaning and Page Number
“Write about what disturbs you, particularly if it bothers no one else.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 6, Page 83
This inspiring quote reminds us that we all have a story and should tell it courageously, even if everyone doesn’t always accept it. It encourages us to be brave, stand up for our beliefs, even in the face of opposition, and always tell the truth no matter what.
Doing so can show the world who we truly are and empower us to make a difference.
7. “Stuart needs “space” and “time,” as if this were physics and not a human relationship.” Meaning and Page Number
“Stuart needs “space” and “time,” as if this were physics and not a human relationship.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 21, Page 326
This inspiring quote from “The Help” emphasizes the importance of striking the right balance of space and time in relationships.
It encourages us to recognize and respect each person’s needs in the relationship, understanding that sufficient space and time to process feelings, reflect, and make decisions is essential for a healthy, meaningful relationship. By being mindful of this balance, we can ensure our relationships are strong and lasting.
8. “‘So we’s the same. Just a different color’, Meaning, and Page Number
“Once upon a time they was two girls,” I say. “one girl had black skin, one girl had white.”
Mae Mobley look up at me. She listening.
“Little colored girl say to little white girl, ‘How come your skin be so pale?’ White girl say, ‘I don’t know. How come your skin be so black? What you think that mean?’
“But neither one a them little girls knew. So little white girl say, ‘Well, let’s see. You got hair, I got hair.'”I gives Mae Mobley a little tousle on her head.
“Little colored girl say ‘I got a nose, you got a nose.'”I gives her little snout a tweak. She got to reach up and do the same to me.
“Little white girl say, ‘I got toes, you got toes.’ And I do the little thing with her toes, but she can’t get to mine cause I got my white work shoes on.
“‘So we’s the same. Just a different color’, say that little colored girl. The little white girl she agreed and they was friends. The End.”
Baby Girl just look at me. Law, that was a sorry story if I ever heard one. Wasn’t even no plot to it. But Mae Mobley, she smile and say, “Tell it again.”~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 15, Page 234
This inspiring quote from The Help is a powerful reminder that, despite our differences, we are all part of the same human family. It emphasizes the importance of inclusivity and equality and encourages us to recognize and celebrate the beauty in our diversity.
This quote is especially pertinent today, where there is still so much prejudice and injustice. Let us strive to create a world where everyone is respected and valued regardless of race, gender, or background – where we can all live together in harmony.
9. “Ugly live up on the inside. Ugly be a hurtful, mean person.”
“Ugly live up on the inside. Ugly be a hurtful, mean person.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 5, Page 73
This powerful quote from the book The Help speaks to the importance of not judging people on their outward appearance. It reminds us that beauty is only skin deep and must focus on what is within someone’s heart.
It is a powerful reminder that we should never write someone off based solely on their looks and instead get to know them and understand their story.
Ultimately, it encourages us to be kind and generous with our words, as we never know what someone may be going through on the inside.
10. “if the State of Mississippi banned them, they must be good.” Quote Meaning and Page Number
“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, The Help, Chapter 6, Page 82
This inspiring quote from the book “The Help” speaks to the power of literature to challenge and inspire us to stand up for what we believe in and refuse to accept oppressive censorship.
Its message of hope and resilience in adversity encourages us to bravely challenge the status quo and make our voices heard. By ordering books that the state of Mississippi has banned, the protagonist demonstrates an act of defiance and an unwavering commitment to justice and freedom.
11. “she can take the most complicated things in life and wrap them up so small and simple, they’ll fit right in your pocket.” Meaning and Page Number
“That’s what I love about Aibileen, she can take the most complicated things in life and wrap them up so small and simple, they’ll fit right in your pocket.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 24, Page 369
Aibileen is one of the maids in the book, The Help. In the quote, the speaker says how much they love Aibileen because she takes the complicated things in life and makes them seem small and simple.
This quote shows how difficult things may appear to work but are not practical. It’s the simplest thing that works in almost every situation.
12. “were you dropped on your head as an infant?” Meaning and Page Number
“I’m sorry, but were you dropped on your head as an infant?”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 9, Page 139
This is Skeeter’s response to “Becoming an expert on keeping house… isn’t that what you women from Ole Miss major in? Professional husband hunting?” This line shows that Skeeter can stand up for herself and not accept society’s expectations.
13. “I realized I actually had a choice in what I could believe.” Meaning and Page Number
“All my life I’d been told what to believe about politics, coloreds, being a girl. But with Constantine’s thumb pressed in my hand, I realized I actually had a choice in what I could believe.”
― Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 5, Page 74
In the powerful and inspiring book “The Help,” Aibileen Clark realizes that even though she has been told what to believe throughout her life, she still can choose what she truly believes in.
This thought-provoking quote reminds us that we can decide and think for ourselves.
14. “That’s the way prayer do. It’s like electricity, it keeps things going.” Meaning and Page number
“That’s the way prayer do. It’s like electricity, it keeps things going.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 2, Page 27
This quote from the book “The Help” reminds us never to underestimate the power of prayer. It speaks to the ability of prayer to energize and motivate us, just like electricity keeps things going.
Prayer is a source of strength, resilience, and hope. It can bring us closer to our higher power and give us a sense of purpose. It can be a source of comfort, understanding, and peace.
Prayer can open our hearts and minds to new possibilities and clarify difficult situations. Regardless of our beliefs, prayer is an invaluable part of our spiritual journey.
15. “I’d cry, if only I had the time to do it.”
“I’d cry, if only I had the time to do it.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 27, Page 417
This quote from the book “The Help” is inspirational and heartbreaking. On the one hand, it’s a reminder that we should never take our time for granted; every moment is precious.
On the other hand, it’s a sobering reminder of how much pain and suffering exists in the world. It’s a reminder that even though we may not have the time to help everyone, we should never give up hope.
16. “Sorry is the fool who ever underestimates my mother.” Meaning and Page Number
“Sorry is the fool who ever underestimates my mother.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 27, Page 420
The quote, “Sorry is the fool who ever underestimates my mother,” is a motivational statement that encourages people never to underestimate the power of their mothers.
Mothers are often the most compassionate and loving people in a person’s life, and children need to learn this early in their development.
Mothers are frequently the first people children turn to for support; children must learn to rely on them. This quote reminds children that their mothers will always be there for them, no matter what.
17. “A bitter seed was planted inside of me. And I just didn’t feel so, accepting, anymore.” Meaning and Page Number
“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, The Help, Chapter 1, Page 3
This quote from the book “The Help” shows that sometimes, we must plant a “bitter seed” within ourselves to effect change. This seed represents the anger and frustration we may feel towards the injustices we see in the world.
We can create lasting change by harnessing this anger and using it to drive us forward.
18. “what would happen if I told her she something good, ever day?” Meaning and Page Number
“…and that’s when I get to wondering, what would happen if I told her she something good, ever day?”
― Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 7, Page 107
This quote from The Help is a beautiful reminder of the power of positivity. It speaks to the importance of taking the time to appreciate and encourage those around us.
To tell someone something good every day can be an incredibly uplifting and rewarding experience, both for the person saying it and for the person hearing it. Doing so can help build a strong bond of trust and respect between two people, create a more positive environment, and make a real difference in someone’s day.
It is a simple act that could tremendously impact someone’s life. Let us all take the time to share something good with those we love and make the world kinder and more positive.
19. “Truth. It feels cool, like water washing over my sticky-hot body.” Meaning and Page Number
“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, The Help, Chapter 10, Page 151
The quote, “Truth I say inside my head again just for that feeling,” is a motivational statement about the importance of seeking happiness and satisfaction.
It is important to remember to chase after what makes us happy, even if it sometimes feels out of reach. The cool water washing over our bodies is a metaphor for happiness’s calming effect on our minds and soul.
20. “I was surprised to see the world didn’t stop.” Meaning and Page Numbers
“That was the day my whole world went black. Air looked black. Sun looked black. I laid up in bed and stared at the black walls of my house….Took three months before I even looked out the window, see the world still there. I was surprised to see the world didn’t stop.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 1, Page 3
This quote reflects the experience after a loss. Skeeter lays in bed for three months after their world falls apart and is surprised to find that the world still exists. This quote is inspiring because it shows that the world continues to function even after a devastating event.
21. “it always sound scarier when a hollerer talk soft.” Meaning and Page Number
“it always sound scarier when a hollerer talk soft.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 14, Page 229
The quote from the book, “The Help,” is about the power of words and how the way we speak can impact others. It’s always scarier when a hollerer talks softly because it shows they can control their emotions and be calm when needed.
This inspirational quote reminds us to be careful with our words and consider how our tone of voice can affect others.
22. “Frying chicken always makes me feel a little better about life.” Meaning and Page Number
“Frying chicken always makes me feel a little better about life.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 17, Page 263
Fried chicken symbolizes hope, resilience, and gratitude in the book The Help. It reminds us that life is all about balance and that even in the darkest times, we can still find something to be thankful for and look forward to.
23. “It seems like at some point you’d run out of awful.” Meaning and Page Number
“It seems like at some point you’d run out of awful.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 24, Page 365
This quote from the book “The Help” speaks to the resilience of the human spirit. No matter how bad things seem, we can always keep going. The bad seems to last forever but can’t outlast our persistence. This message of hope and encouragement reminds us that we are stronger than we think.
24. “remembering can be almost as good as what actually happens.” Meaning and Page Number
“No one tells us, girls who don’t go on dates, that remembering can be almost as good as what actually happens.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 13, Page 199
This quote from the book The Help encourages us to recognize that our memories can be as compelling as our experiences. It reminds us that we don’t need to go on dates or seek out experiences to feel fulfilled.
Instead, we can take joy in the memories of our past and find solace in the fact that they are just as powerful as any experience. Ultimately, this quote encourages us to appreciate our memories’ power and recognize that moments of joy can come from within.
25. “Not that much separates us. Not nearly as much as I’d thought.” Meaning and Page Number
“We are just two people. Not that much separates us. Not nearly as much as I’d thought.”
~Kathryn Stockett, The Help, Chapter 33, Page 492
In The Help, the two characters discuss sharing more than they realize. The quote emphasizes that we are all more alike than we may think and should strive to understand and empathize with others.
This message is particularly relevant in today’s divisive climate, where it is easy to forget that we all ultimately want the same things in life.
The Help Summary
The Help is an inspiring story about a group of brave African-American maids living in Mississippi during the civil rights movement. Aided by a white journalist, the maids open up about the racism and injustice they face daily.
Through their unique perspectives and stories, the maids reveal the power of standing together and fighting for what’s right. It’s a story of resilience, friendship, and hope in the face of oppression. The Help will leave readers with a newfound appreciation for the strength and courage of these women and those who fight for justice daily.
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