"I'm giving thanks that we don't have to go through this for another year. Except we do, because those bastards went and put Christmas right in the middle, just to punish us."

"When you go home, do you wonder: Who are these people?"

"On the fourth Thursday in November, 84 million American families will gather together... And wonder why."

"We'll do it every year..until we get it right"

"Dana Ivey as Grace Higginbotham"

"Ashley Johnson as Mary Beth Cadwell"

"Joshua A. Downes as Mr. Blackly"

"Mary Steenburgen as Elaine Stein"

"Aunjanue Ellis as Yule May Davis"

"Nelsan Ellis as Henry"

"Sissy Spacek as Mrs. Walters"

"David Oyelowo as Preacher Green"

"Brian Kerwin as Robert Phelan"

"Anna Camp as Jolene French"

"Chris Lowell as Stuart Whitworth"

"Allison Janney as Charlotte Phelan"

"Cicely Tyson as Constantine Bates"

"Octavia Spencer as Minny Jackson"

"Jessica Chastain as Celia Foote"

"Emma Henry/Eleanor Henry as Mae Mobley Leefolt"

"Ahna O'Reilly as Elizabeth Leefolt"

"Emma Stone as Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan"

"Lila Rogers as Young Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan"

"[when Hilly realizes what was in Minny's pie and runs off, gagging] And you didn't have just ONE, you had TWO slices!!! [begins laughing hysterically, as Minny flees] RUN, MINNY, RUN!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"

"Viola Davis as Aibileen Clark"

"Bryce Dallas Howard as Hilly Holbrook"

"Mike Vogel as Johnny Foote"

"I may have trouble remembering my own name, or what country I live in, but there are two things I can't seem to forget: that my own daughter threw me into a nursing home, and that she ate Minny's shit."

"[hysterical] It's Skeeter! She put it in the newsletter. I specifically said, "Drop old coats at my house," not commodes!!! Why would she do this to me?"

"If you can love your enemy, you already have a victory."

"[to Stuart] I'm sorry, but were you dropped on your head as an infant, or were you just born stupid?"

"[to Eugenia] Isn't that what all you girls from Ole Miss major in - professional husband hunting?"

"[to Eugenia] Your eggs are dying. Would it kill you to go on a date?"