Sue Monk Kidd

"That's what I told myself five hundred times: impossibility. I can tell you this much: the word is a great big log thrown on the fires of love."

- 'The Secret Life of Bees' by Sue Monk Kidd

Sue Monk Kidd

"Danger, I realised, was a thing you got used to."

- 'The Secret Life of Bees' by Sue Monk Kidd

Sue Monk Kidd

"There is nothing perfect... There is only life."

- 'The Secret Life of Bees' by Sue Monk Kidd

Sue Monk Kidd

"Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can't remember who we are or why we're here."

- 'The Secret Life of Bees' by Sue Monk Kidd

Sue Monk Kidd

"'We can't think of changing our skin,' he said. 'Change the world - that's how we gotta think.'"

- 'The Secret Life of Bees' by Sue Monk Kidd

Sue Monk Kidd

"The secret of a good lie is don't overly explain, and throw in one good detail."

- 'The Secret Life of Bees' by Sue Monk Kidd

Sue Monk Kidd

"It's something everybody wants - for someone to see that hurt done to them and set it down like it matters."

- 'The Secret Life of Bees' by Sue Monk Kidd

Sue Monk Kidd

"There is nothing but mystery in the world, how it hides behind the fabric of our poor, browbeat days, shining brightly, and we don't even know it."

- 'The Secret Life of Bees' by Sue Monk Kidd

Sue Monk Kidd

"The hardest thing on earth is choosing what matters."

- 'The Secret Life of Bees' by Sue Monk Kidd

Sue Monk Kidd

"Then reality set in, like it always did."

- 'The Secret Life of Bees' by Sue Monk Kidd