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 KiddI eventually found that the soul is more than an immortal commodity to win and save. It is the repository of the inner divine, the truest part of us.
Sue Monk KiddSometimes you want to fall on your knees and thank God in heaven for all the poor news reporting that goes on in the world.
Sue Monk KiddWe can't think of changing our skin color. Change the world - that's how we gotta think.
Sue Monk KiddEvery living creature on the earth is special. You want to be the one that puts an end to one of them?
Sue Monk KiddMy children have always existed at the deepest center of me, right there in the heart/hearth, but I struggled with the powerful demands of motherhood, chafing sometimes at the way they pulled me away from my separate life, not knowing how to balance them with my unwieldy need for solitude and creative expression.
Sue Monk Kidd