How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Driving Miss Daisy.
Quote #7
DAISY: Stay home, Boolie. Hoke is here with me.
BOOLIE: How'd he manage that?
DAISY: He's very handy. I'm fine. I don't need a thing in the world.
BOOLIE: Hello? I must have the wrong number. I never heard mama say loving things about Hoke.
DAISY: I didn't say I love him. I said he was handy.
Miss Daisy wouldn't ever admit that she loved Hoke, but she clearly does. You can see that she thinks of Hoke as her best caregiver; he feels secure with him.
Quote #8
HOKE: Now, how you know how I can see less'n you can look out my eyes? Hmm?
Hoke gives Miss Daisy a lesson in empathy about, oh, eighty years too late. But if she tried to put herself in his shoes sooner, she might have understood him many years ago.
Quote #9
DAISY: Hoke. […] You're my best friend.
HOKE: Go on now, Miss Daisy.
DAISY: No, really. You are. You are.
HOKE: Yes, ma'am.
Daisy's clinging to Hoke for comfort when she's confused and terrified. She realizes how much she needs him and calls him her best friend. Why does he say "Go on now"? Is he trying to reassure her that she has lots of friends? Is he not feeling it himself? Is he being cautious?