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Down in the national news section, there's an article on a new pill, the 'Valium' they're calling it, 'to help women cope with everyday challenges.' God, I could use about ten of those little pills right now.
Kathryn Stockett
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Kathryn Stockett
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 1
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I was surprise to see the world didn't stop just cause my boy did.
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I'm sorry, but were you dropped on your head as an infant?
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Her nose wrinkle up cause now she got to remember to say she Mae Mobley Three, when her whole life she can remember, she been telling people she Mae Mobley Two. When you little, you only get asked two questions, what's your name and how old you is, so you better get em right.
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The day your child says she hates you, and every child will go through the phase, it kicks like a foot in the stomach.
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At one O'Clock, Miss Celia comes in the kitchen and says she's ready for her first cooking lesson. She settles on a stool. She's wearing a tight red sweater and a red skirt and enough makeup to scare a hooker.
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When you little, you only get asked two questions, what’s your name and how old you is, so you better get em right.
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I've become one of those people who prowl around at night in their cars. God, I am the town's Boo Radley, just like in To Kill A Mockingbird.
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....we ain't doing civil rights here. We just telling stories like they really happen.
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Mother 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.
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I always thought insanity would be a dark, bitter feeling, but it is drenching and delicious if you really roll around in it.
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I listened wide-eyed, stupid. Glowing by her voice in the dim light. If chocolate was a sound, it would've been Constantine's voice singing. If singing was a color, it would've been the color of that chocolate.
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I reckon that’s the risk you run, letting somebody else raise you chilluns.
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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?
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I started writing it the day after Sept. 11. I was living in New York City. We didnt have any phone service and we didnt have any mail. Like a lot of writers do, I started to write in a voice that I missed.
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Im a Southerner - I never take satisfaction in touching a nerve.
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I do wish that people talked about the subject of race, especially in the South.
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I have decided not to die.
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Who knew heartbreak would be so goddamn hot.
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