I'll write this all down for you," I said. "I'll put it in a story." I don't know if that's what he wanted to ask me, but it's something everybody wants--for someone to see the hurt done to them and set it down like it matters.
Sue Monk KiddActually, you can be bad at something...but if you love doing it, that will be enough. - August Boatwright
Sue Monk KiddYou can't stop your heart from loving, really -- it's like standing out there in the ocean yelling at the waves to stop.
Sue Monk KiddProbably one or two moments in your whole life you will hear a dark whispering spirit, a voice coming from the center of things. It will have blades for lips and will not stop until it speaks the one secret thing at the heart of it all. Kneeling on the floor, unable to stop shuddering, I heard it plainly. It said, You are unlovable.
Sue Monk Kidd