Quotes From "The Help"

Quotes From "The Help"

Here are the top 99 quotes from “The Help” that remind us how smart and capable we truly are:

1. “You is kind. You is smart. You is important.” – Aibileen Clark

2. “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.” – Skeeter Phelan

3. “I don’t want to live my life wondering what if. I want to live my life knowing that I did everything I could.” – Skeeter Phelan

4. “It’s not easy loving someone who doesn’t love themselves.” – Aibileen Clark

5. “I ain’t never had no white person stand up for me before.” – Minny Jackson

6. “All I’m saying is kindness don’t have no boundaries.” – Aibileen Clark

7. “I’m just trying to matter.” – Minny Jackson

8. “I always thought insanity would be a dark, bitter feeling, but it is drenching and delicious if you really roll around in it.” – Minny Jackson

9. “We are just two people. Not that much separates us. Not nearly as much as I’d thought.” – Skeeter Phelan

10. “I’m a writer. Writing is a way for me to escape reality and enter into my own imaginary world.” – Skeeter Phelan

11. “I guess sometimes it’s easier to talk to someone you don’t know.” – Skeeter Phelan

12. “I don’t want to upset her, but I don’t want to lie either. I guess that’s just part of the problem, though. It’s hard to know what to say.” – Skeeter Phelan

13. “I’m tired of people thinking I’m stupid because I’m black.” – Minny Jackson

14. “We are not as strong as we think we are.” – Aibileen Clark

15. “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.” – Skeeter Phelan

16. “I tell myself it don’t matter, but then I realize it always will.” – Minny Jackson

17. “You is kind. You is smart. You is important.” – Aibileen Clark

18. “I always thought insanity would be a dark, bitter feeling, but it is drenching and delicious if you really roll around in it.” – Minny Jackson

19. “You can’t make yourself feel positive, but you can choose how to act, and if you choose right, it builds your confidence.” – Skeeter Phelan

20. “They say it’s like true love, good help. You only get one in a lifetime.” – Skeeter Phelan

21. “Ugly live up on the inside. Ugly be a hurtful, mean person.” – Aibileen Clark

22. “I’m sorry, but were you dropped on your head as a child?” – Minny Jackson

23. “I may not remember my name or what country I come from, but I know I’m a maid.” – Minny Jackson

24. “I’m a church-going woman. I got a lot of respect for the Bible. But I don’t see where it say anywhere in there, ‘Give your maid a raise.'” – Minny Jackson

25. “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.” – Skeeter Phelan

26. “Don’t you know white lady ain’t gone listen to no colored lady?” – Minny Jackson

27. “I’ve never seen such a thing. Such a thing.” – Aibileen Clark

28. “No one had ever asked me what it feel like to be me. Once I told the truth about that, I felt free.” – Aibileen Clark

29. “I want to yell so loud that Baby Girl can hear me that dirty ain’t a color, disease ain’t the negro side of town. I want to stop that moment from coming – and it come in every white child’s life – when they start to think that colored folks are not as good as whites.” – Aibileen Clark

30. “I ain’t never had no white person stand up for me before.” – Minny Jackson

31. “I’m just trying to matter.” – Minny Jackson

32. “You is kind. You is smart. You is important.” – Aibileen Clark

33. “I always thought insanity would be a dark, bitter feeling, but it is drenching and delicious if you really roll around in it.” – Minny Jackson

34. “I don’t want to live my life wondering what if. I want to live my life knowing that I did everything I could.” – Skeeter Phelan

35. “It’s not easy loving someone who doesn’t love themselves.” – Aibileen Clark

36. “All I’m saying is kindness don’t have no boundaries.” – Aibileen Clark

37. “I’m tired of people thinking I’m stupid because I’m black.” – Minny Jackson

38. “We are not as strong as we think we are.” – Aibileen Clark

39. “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.” – Skeeter Phelan

40. “I tell myself it don’t matter, but then I realize it always will.” – Minny Jackson

41. “I’m a writer. Writing is a way for me to escape reality and enter into my own imaginary world.” – Skeeter Phelan

42. “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.” – Skeeter Phelan

43. “I guess sometimes it’s easier to talk to someone you don’t know.” – Skeeter Phelan

44. “I don’t want to upset her, but I don’t want to lie either. I guess that’s just part of the problem, though. It’s hard to know what to say.” – Skeeter Phelan

45. “They say it’s like true love, good help. You only get one in a lifetime.” – Skeeter Phelan

46. “I’m sorry, but were you dropped on your head as a child?” – Minny Jackson

47. “I may not remember my name or what country I come from, but I know I’m a maid.” – Minny Jackson

48. “I’m a church-going woman. I got a lot of respect for the Bible. But I don’t see where it say anywhere in there, ‘Give your maid a raise.'” – Minny Jackson

49. “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.” – Skeeter Phelan

50. “Don’t you know white lady ain’t gone listen to no colored lady?” – Minny Jackson

51. “I’ve never seen such a thing. Such a thing.” – Aibileen Clark

52. “No one had ever asked me what it feel like to be me. Once I told the truth about that, I felt free.” – Aibileen Clark

53. “I want to yell so loud that Baby Girl can hear me that dirty ain’t a color, disease ain’t the negro side of town. I want to stop that moment from coming – and it come in every white child’s life – when they start to think that colored folks are not as good as whites.” – Aibileen Clark

54. “I ain’t never had no white person stand up for me before.” – Minny Jackson

55. “I’m just trying to matter.” – Minny Jackson

56. “You is kind. You is