Mrs. Charlotte Phelan's Guide to Husband-Hunting, Rule Number One: a pretty, petite girl should accentuate with makeup and good posture. A tall plain one, with a trust fund.
Kathryn StockettThe point is, I canโt tell you how to succeed. But I can tell you how not to: Give in to the shame of being rejected and put your manuscriptโor painting, song, voice, dance moves, [insert passion here]โin the coffin that is your bedside drawer and close it for good. I guarantee you that it wonโt take you anywhere. Or you could do what this writer did: Give in to your obsession instead.
Kathryn StockettThe day your child says she hates you, and every child will go through the phase, it kicks like a foot in the stomach.
Kathryn StockettMother calls up the stairs to ask what in the world I'm typing up there all day and I holler down, 'Just typing up some notes from the Bible study. Just writing down all the things I love about Jesus.
Kathryn StockettSome readers tell me, 'We always treated our maid like she was a member of the family.' You know, that's interesting, but I wonder what your maid's perspective was on that.
Kathryn StockettI was born in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1969, in a time and place where no one was saying, Look how far weve come, because we hadnt come very far, to say the least. Although Jacksons population was half white and half black, I didnt have a single black friend or a black neighbor or even a black person in my school.
Kathryn Stockett