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In a weird way I must have loved my little collection of hurts and wounds. They provided me with some real nice sympathy, with the feeling I was exceptional... What a special case I was.

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Hurt, Real, Nice

"The Secret Life of Bees". Book by Sue Monk Kidd, 2001.

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Disconnected from my feminine soul, I had also unknowingly forfeited my power to name sacred reality. I had simply accepted what men had named. Neither had I noticed that when women give this power away, it is rarely used to liberate and restore value to women. More often it is used to shore up and enhance the privileged position of men.

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Reality, Men, Names

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People, in general, would rather die than forgive. It's that hard.

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People, Forgiving, Bees

Sue Monk Kidd (2003). “The Secret Life of Bees”, p.277, Penguin

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As long as people have been on this earth, the moon has been a mystery to us. Think about it. She is strong enough to pull the oceans, and when she dies away, she always comes back again. My mama used to tell me Our Lady lived on the moon and that I should dance when her face was bright and hibernate when it was dark.

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Strong, Ocean, Dark

Sue Monk Kidd (2011). “The Secret Life of Bees”, p.72, Hachette UK

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There's release in knowing the truth no matter how anguishing it is. You come finally to the irreducible thing, and there's nothing left to do but pick it up and hold it. Then, at last, you can enter the severe mercy of acceptance.

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Acceptance, Knowing, Matter

Sue Monk Kidd (2011). “The Mermaid Chair”, p.200, Hachette UK

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Every human being on the face of the earth has a steel plate in his head, but if you lie down now and then and get still as you can, it will slide open like elevator doors, letting in all the secret thoughts that have been standing around so patiently, pushing the button for a ride to the top. The real troubles in life happen when those hidden doors stay closed for too long.

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Real, Lying, Doors

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Until we look from the bottom up we have nothing.

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Looks, Bottom

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People in general would rather die than forgive. It's THAT hard. If God said in plain language. "I'm giving you a choice, forgive or die," a lot of people would go ahead and order their coffin.

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Order, Plain Language, People

Sue Monk Kidd (2003). “The Secret Life of Bees”, p.277, Penguin

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If you aren't giving people something to talk about, you've become too dull.

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People, Giving, Dull

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My ultimate authority is the divine voice in my own soul. Period.

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Voice, Soul, Divine

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I think there must be a place inside of us where dreams go and wait their turn.

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Dream, Thinking, Waiting

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The whole problem with people is they don't know what matters and what doesn't.

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What Matters, People, Problem

Sue Monk Kidd (2003). “The Secret Life of Bees”, p.147, Penguin

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The world will give you that once in awhile, a brief timeout; the boxing bell rings and you go to your corner, where somebody dabs mercy on your beat-up life.

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Boxing, Giving, Dabs

FaceBook post by Sue Monk Kidd from Apr 18, 2014

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After you get stung, you can't get unstung no matter how much you whine about it.

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Matter

FaceBook post by Sue Monk Kidd from Dec 16, 2013

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I 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.

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Winning, Soul, Commodity

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You think you want to know something, and then once you do, all you can think about is erasing it from your mind.

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Thinking, Mind, Want

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I learned a long time ago that some people would rather die than forgive. It's a strange truth, but forgiveness is a painful and difficult process. It's not something that happens overnight. It's an evolution of the heart.

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Forgiveness, Heart, Long

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You have to find a mother inside yourself. We all do. Even if we already have a mother, we still have to find this part of ourselves inside

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Mother, Being A Mom, Stills

Sue Monk Kidd (2002). “The Secret Life of Bees”, Viking Press

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I know you've run away - everybody gets the urge to do that some time - but sooner or later you'll want to go home.

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Running, Home, Want

FaceBook post by Sue Monk Kidd from Feb 16, 2014

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From now on when people asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I planned to say, Amnesiac.

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People, Grew Up, Grew

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You'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.

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Ends, Figures, Thread

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What's wrong with living in a dream world? You have to wake up.

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Dream, Wake Up, World

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Nothing is fair in this world. You might as well get that straight right now

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World, Might, Fairness

Sue Monk Kidd (2003). “The Secret Life of Bees”, p.96, Penguin

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When it's time to die, go ahead and die, and when it's time to live, live. Don't sort-of-maybe live, but live like you're going all out, like you're not afraid.

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Like You, Not Afraid, Dies

Sue Monk Kidd (2003). “The Secret Life of Bees”, p.211, Penguin

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How could I choose someone who would force me to give up my own small reach for meaning? I chose myself, and without consolation.

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Giving Up, Force, Consolation

Sue Monk Kidd (2014). “The Invention of Wings: A Novel (Original Publisher's Edition-No Annotations)”, p.225, Penguin

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