Good people are not that good. To tell the truth, if I were white, no matter how much I loved Negroes, I doubt that I would submit myself to Jim Crow living conditions just to prove my love.” “Neither would I,” said Simple. “Then you would not be very good, either.” “No,” said Simple, “but I would be white. ― Langston Hughes

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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. -- Kathryn Stockett

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It wasn’t northern agitators who pushed Negroes to question their country, as so many southern whites wanted to believe. It was their own pride, their patriotism, their deep and abiding belief in the possibility of democracy that inspired the Negro people. And why not? Who knew American democracy more intimately than the Negro people? They knew democracy’s every virtue, vice, and shortcoming, its voice and contour, by its profound and persistent absence in their lives. The failure to secure the blessings of democracy was the feature that most defined their existence in America. Every Sunday they made their way to their sanctuaries and fervently prayed to the Lord to send them a sign that democracy would come to them. -- Margot Lee Shetterly

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Negro life in America was a never-ending series of negotiations: when to fight and when to concede. -- Margot Lee Shetterly

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Men are promoted based on potential, while women are promoted based on past accomplishments. -- Sheryl Sandberg

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Their goal wasn’t to stand out because of their differences; it was to fit in because of their talent. -- Margot Lee Shetterly

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In the end we discover the only condition for living is to die.

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All men are free and equal, in the grave. -- Harriet Beecher Stowe

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The promise of equality is not the same as true equality. -- Sheryl Sandberg

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That day, all the Sneetches forgot about stars, and whether they had one, or not, upon thars. -- Dr. Seuss

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