In the photograph by my bed my mother is perpetually smiling on me. I guess I have forgiven us both, although sometimes in the night my dreams will take me back to the sadness, and I have to wake up and forgive us again.
Sue Monk KiddWhen he spoke, the roughness was gone from his voice. "I could tell you I did it. That's what you wanna hear. I could tell you she did it to herself, but both ways I'd be lying. It was you who did it, Lily. You didn't mean it, but it was you.
Sue Monk KiddMost people don't have any idea about all the complicated life going on inside a hive. Bees have a secret life we don't know anything about.
Sue Monk KiddYou've got to figure out which end of the needle you're gon' be, the one that's fastened to the thread or the end that pierces the cloth.
Sue Monk Kidd