The first book you write because of the way it makes you feel. The second one you can't help but wonder how it's going to make the reader feel. Kathryn Stockett More Quotes by Kathryn Stockett More Quotes From Kathryn Stockett 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 womentwobook 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 morninglifebelieve Write about what disturbs you, particularly if it bothers no one else. Kathryn Stockett ifsbotherwriting ....I realized I actually had a choice in what I could believe. Kathryn Stockett i-realizedchoicesbelieve ...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 filled-uplightblue She already got the blue dress on I ironed this morning, the one with sixty-five pleats on the waist, so tiny I got to squint through my glasses to iron. I don’t hate much in life, but me and that dress is not on good terms. Kathryn Stockett blue-dresshatemorning Who knew paper and ink could be so vicious Kathryn Stockett viciousinkpaper Great books give you a feeling that you miss all day, until you finally get to crawl back inside those pages again. Kathryn Stockett missinggivingbook 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 californiaorderbook ...and that's when I get to wondering, what would happen if I told her she something good, ever day? Kathryn Stockett ifswonderhappens 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 wallairhouse Ugly live up on the inside. Ugly be a hurtful, mean person. Kathryn Stockett hurtfuluglymean I was surprise to see the world didn't stop just cause my boy did. Kathryn Stockett causesboysworld There is no trickier subject for a writer from the South than that of affection between a black person and a white one in the unequal world of segregation. For the dishonesty upon which a society is founded makes every emotion suspect, makes it impossible to know whether what flowed between two people was honest feeling or pity or pragmatism.(Howell Raines's Pulitzer Prize winning article "Grady's Gift")-Sockett admired this quote and used it in her summary. Kathryn Stockett whitewinningtwo 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 darkfeelingsinsanity Cause everbody care. Black, white, deep down we all do. Kathryn Stockett blackcarewhite 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 eyebrothermother 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 homebookthinking The point is, I can’t tell you how to succeed. But I can tell you how not to: Give in to the shame of being rejected and put your manuscript—or painting, song, voice, dance moves, [insert passion here]—in the coffin that is your bedside drawer and close it for good. I guarantee you that it won’t take you anywhere. Or you could do what this writer did: Give in to your obsession instead. Kathryn Stockett passionsongmoving 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 girlbelievehands
