“We were of thirteen minds, like a tree, in which there is one Red-tail and eleven squirrel parts.”

“...real childhood scars heal, but not when band-aids replace self-reflection.”

“Unreality cooled realitys burn.”

“The words he said, too, must be human enough to bleed.”

“A poet could kill the dead.”

“Poets, like fighters, both reap the benefits of roadwork.”

“We look at each other a second. " I'm tired of the rules," I say. Aibileen chuckles and looks out the window. I realise how thin this revelation must sound to her.”

“In terms of sex between same-sex partners, the objection that "the parts don't fit" doesnt make sense on even the most logical level. If the parts didn't work together, frankly, people wouldn't be ...”

“It is easy for us to criticize the prejudices of our grandfathers, from which our fathers freed themselves. It is more difficult to distance ourselves from our own beliefs so that we can dispassion...”