And I was struck all at once how life was out there going through its …

Sue Monk Kidd
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And I was struck all at once how life was out there going through its regular courses, and I was suspended, waiting, caught in a terrible crevice between living my life and not living it. ✨ Sue Monk Kidd (2003). The Secret Life of Bees, p.176, Penguin
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And I was struck all at once how life was out there going through its regular courses, and I was suspended, waiting, caught in a terrible crevice between living my life and not living it. ✨ Sue Monk Kidd (2003). The Secret Life of Bees, p.176, Penguin

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