Drifting off to sleep, I thought about her. How nobody is perfect. How…

Sue Monk Kidd
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Drifting off to sleep, I thought about her. How nobody is perfect. How you just have to close your eyes and breathe out and let the puzzle of the human heart be what it is. ✨ Sue Monk Kidd (2003). The Secret Life of Bees, p.285, Penguin
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Drifting off to sleep, I thought about her. How nobody is perfect. How you just have to close your eyes and breathe out and let the puzzle of the human heart be what it is. ✨ Sue Monk Kidd (2003). The Secret Life of Bees, p.285, Penguin

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