Цитаты из книги «The Help / Прислуга. Книга для чтения на английском языке»

A chill blows through the room, like a ghost passing by. I shiver.

Then I dust the shelves in the hunting room, vacuum the bear while he stares at me like I’m a snack. “Just you and me today,” I tell him.

I intend to stay on her like hair on soap.

I sweat like iced tea in August

Her face has gone flat white, like cheap wall-paint.

Miss Celia’s voice is chipper, like she’s peddling something on the tee-vee.

The name comes out flat, bitter as a bad pecan.

“I tell you, you make the best colored coffee in town

The boys playing ball clear the street, stand on the side frozen, like it’s a funeral car passing by.

Louvenia, she is the purest, kindest person they is.