It was the in-between time, before day leaves and night comes, a time I’ve never been partial to because of the sadness… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
Now and then sprays of rain flew over and misted our faces. Every time I refused to wipe away the wetness. It… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
“When I looked up through the web of trees, the night sky fell over me, and for a moment, I lost my… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
the feminine journey is a story unfolding, and its epiphanies come through real things, through tangibles like walking sticks and dreams and… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
“Ee come a time when eby tub haffa res pon e won bottom, said Hepzibah, then translated: At some point in life,… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
I realized it for the first time in my life: there is nothing but mystery in the world, how it hides behind… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
I grew up in the American South and came of age in the 1960s, an incredibly turbulent time. It was as if… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
“You've been halfway living your life for too long. May was saying that when it's time to die, go ahead and die,… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
“No," the mother told her. "It's too dangerous there". A small incident, but when multiplied a hundred, a thousand times in a… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
“Strangest of all, it was the first time thoughts of equality had entered my head, and I could only attribute it to… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
I learned a long time ago that some people would rather die than forgive. It's a strange truth, but forgiveness is a… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
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… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
I'm tired of carrying around the weight of the world. I'm just going to lay it down now. It's my time to… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
In recent years my understanding of God had evolved into increasingly remote abstractions. I'd come to think of God in terms like Divine Reality,… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share
we need not avoid our active lives, but simply bring to them a new vision and shift of gravity. for in the center we… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share
“The mermaids came to me finally, in the pink hours of my life. They are my consolation. For them I dove with arms outstretched,… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share
“The bag contained a pair of white cotton gloves stained the color of age.” — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share
I eventually found that the soul is more than an immortal commodity to win and save. It is the repository of the inner divine,… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share
“Readiness for dying arrives by attending the smallest moment and finding the eternal inside of it.” — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share
“I sat at her desk and turned one page after another, staring at what looked like bits and pieces of black lace laid cross… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share
The translucence that comes when life hardens into a bead of such cruel perfection you see it with the purest clarity. Everything suddenly there--life… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share
“afflicted with the worst female curse on earth, the need to mold myself to expectations.” — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share
“Her forbidden bath all those months ago still hung leaden between us, though Handful didn't seem the least bit ashamed by my discovery of… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share
“Why should God’s perfection be based on having an unchanging nature?” I asked. “Isn’t flexibility more perfect than stasis?” — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share
