Where do you come from?"...This is the number one most-asked question in all of South Carolina. We want to know if you are one of us, if your cousin knows our cousin, if your little sister went to school with our big brother, if you go to the same Baptist church as our ex-boss. We are looking for ways our stories fit together.
Sue Monk KiddYou have to know when to prod and when to be quiet, when to let things take their course.
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 KiddOnce you know the truth, you canโt ever go back and pick up your suitcase of lies. Heavier or not, the truth is yours now.
Sue Monk KiddAt night I would lie in bed and watch the show, how bees squeezed through the cracks of my bedroom wall and flew circles around the room, making that propeller sound, a high-pitched zzzzzz that hummed along my skin. I watched their wings shining like bits of chrome in the dark and felt the longing build in my chest. The way those bees flew, not even looking for a flower, just flying for the feel of the wind, split my heart down its seam.
Sue Monk Kidd