I don't remember what they said, only the fury of their words, how the…

Sue Monk Kidd
177 citations
I don't remember what they said, only the fury of their words, how the air turned raw and full of welts. Later it would remind me of birds trapped inside a closed room, flinging themselves against the windows and the walls, against each other. ✨ Sue Monk Kidd (2003). The Secret Life of Bees, p.7, Penguin
Life Thought
29

More Author Quotes

It was the in-between time, before day leaves and night comes, a time I’ve never been partial to because of the sadness that lingers in the space between going and coming. ✨ Sue Monk Kidd (2003). The … ▶
In Radical Optimism, Beatrice Bruteau sets forth a deep and shining vision of spirituality, one that guides the reader into the contemplative life and the very root of our being. Dr. Bruteau is a phi … ▶
I worried so much about how I looked and whether I was doing things right, I felt half the time I was impersonating a girl instead of really being one. ✨ FaceBook post bySue Monk Kidd from Mar 15, 20 … ▶
Finally, I began to write about becoming an older woman and the trepidation it stirred. The small, telling betrayals of my body. The stalled, eerie stillness in my writing, accompanied by an ache for … ▶
There is no place so AWAKE and ALIVE as the edge of becoming. ✨ Sue Monk Kidd (2016). The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine, p.17, Har … ▶

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes