Megan (DaRcyWho)’s Reviews > The Help > Status Update

"Sometimes, when I'm bored, I can't help but think what my life would be like if I hadn't written the book. ... And while I'd never lie and tell myself I actually changed the minds of people like Hilly and Elizabeth, at least I don't have to pretend to agree with them anymore."

"But Lou Anne, she understood the point of the book before she ever read it. The one who was missing the point this time was me."

"I watch Lou Anne slip away in the parking lot, thinking, There is so much you don't know about a person. I wonder if I could've made her days a little bit easier, if I'd tried. If I'd treated her a little nicer. 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."

"Then the Reverend hands me a box, wrapped in white paper, tied with a light blue ribbon, same colors as the book. He lays his hand on it as a blessing. "This one, this is for the white lady. You tell her we love her, like she's our own family.""

Beautiful!!

""Frankly, I don't care much for Stuart. He doesn't know how lucky he was to have you." ... "Thank you, Mother." I kiss her softly on the cheek and go inside."

""Go ahead, Mother," I finally mutter. "Say what you want to say." "Don't let him cheapen you." I look back at her, eye her suspiciously, even though she is so frail under the wool blanket. Sorry is the fool who ever underestimates my mother. "If Stuart doesn't know how intelligent and kind I raised you to be, he can March straight on back to State Street."

""And you call yourself a Christian," were Hilly's final words to me and I thought, God. When did I ever do that?"

"I always thought insanity would be a dark, bitter feeling, but it is drenching and delicious if you really roll around in it."

""Goodbye, Miss Phelan. I hope you make the deadline," she says, but before she hangs up, she mutters, "and for God's sake, you're a twenty-four-year-old educated woman. Go get an apartment.""