Sue Monk Kidd Quotes

I have knots in my years that I can`t undo, and this is one of the worst--the night I did wrong and Mauma got caught

And whatever it is that keeps widening your heart that's Mary too not only the power inside you but the love. And when you get down to it Lily that's the only purpose grand enough for a human life. Not just to love - but to persist in love.

And when you get down to it, Lily, that is the only purpose grand enough for a human life. Not just to love but to persist in love.

This surprised me because it made me realize that what I sought was not outside myself. It was within me, already there, waiting. Awakening was really the act of remembering myself, remembering this deep Feminine Source.

You've been halfway living your life for too long. May was saying that when it's time to die, go ahead and die, and when it's time to live, live. Don't sort-of-maybe live, but live like you're going all out, like you're not afraid.

The whole problem with people is they know what matters but they don't choose it. ~Secret Lives of Bees

I was not sorry for loving Charleston or for leaving it. Geography had made me who I was.

Every person on the face of the earth makes mistakes, Lily. Every last one. We're all so human. Your mother made a terrible mistake, but she tried to fix it.''Good night,' I said, and rolled onto my side.'There is nothing perfect,' August said from the doorway. 'There is only life.