Lord, I never seen blue hair on a black woman before or since. Leroy say you look like a cracker from outer space.

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.

I may not remember my name or what country I live in, but you and that pie is something I will never forget.

Cause everbody care. Black, white, deep down we all do.

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.

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

You're gon' have to say to your self, am I gon' believe what them fools say about me today?