--- title: "7 Hardest thing Quotes By Sue Monk Kidd" description: "7 Hardest thing quotes by Sue Monk Kidd. Plus more from Sue Monk Kidd and more Hardest thing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d04/sue-monk-kidd-404_hardest-thing_august-says-to-lily-you-know-some-things_285786.png" --- > [“August says to Lily," You know some things don't matter that much Lily. Like the colour of the house. How big is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/august-says-to-lily-you-know-some-things-don-t-matter-that-much-lily/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d04/sue-monk-kidd-404_hardest-thing_august-says-to-lily-you-know-some-things_285786.png) > [some things don't matter much. Like the color of a house. How big is that in the overall scheme of life? But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/some-things-don-t-matter-much-like-the-color-of-a-house-how-big-is/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bd/sue-monk-kidd-404_bigs_some-things-don-t-matter-much-like-the-c_676054.jpg) > [“You know, some things don't matter that much, Lily. Like the color of a house. How big is that in the over-all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/you-know-some-things-don-t-matter-that-much-lily-like-the-color-of-a/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbf/sue-monk-kidd-404_hardest-thing_you-know-some-things-don-t-matter-that-m_1098952.png) > [“She was with me the day I went to the paint store to pick out the color. I had a nice tan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/she-was-with-me-the-day-i-went-to-the-paint-store-to-pick-out-the/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b4/sue-monk-kidd-404_hardest-thing_she-was-with-me-the-day-i-went-to-the-pa_1964447.jpg) > [“August: You know, somethings don't matter that much...like the color of a house...But lifting a person's heart--now that matters. The whole problem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/august-you-know-somethings-don-t-matter-that-much-like-the-color-of-a/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e77/sue-monk-kidd-404_august_august-you-know-somethings-don-t-matter_2101936.png) > [“I was gonna say, The problem is they know what matters, but they don’t choose it. You know how hard that is,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/i-was-gonna-say-the-problem-is-they-know-what-matters-but-they-don-t/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/618/sue-monk-kidd-404_hardest-thing_i-was-gonna-say-the-problem-is-they-know_2203912.jpg) > [The hardest thing on earth is choosing what matters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/the-hardest-thing-on-earth-is-choosing-what-matters/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/798/sue-monk-kidd-404_choice_the-hardest-thing-on-earth-is-choosing-w_2502105.png) ## Other authors on Hardest thing ## More by Sue Monk Kidd > [“But benevolent patriarchy is still patriarchy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/but-benevolent-patriarchy-is-still-patriarchy/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) > [“It's part of our overall Body Negation Program.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/it-s-part-of-our-overall-body-negation-program/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) > [“That was the thing mauma and I loved, our time with the quilts.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/that-was-the-thing-mauma-and-i-loved-our-time-with-the-quilts/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/in-recent-years-my-understanding-of-god-had-evolved-into-increasingly/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) > [we need not avoid our active lives, but simply bring to them a new vision and shift of gravity. for in the center we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/we-need-not-avoid-our-active-lives-but-simply-bring-to-them-a-new/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) > [“The mermaids came to me finally, in the pink hours of my life. They are my consolation. For them I dove with arms outstretched,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/the-mermaids-came-to-me-finally-in-the-pink-hours-of-my-life-they-are/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) > [“The bag contained a pair of white cotton gloves stained the color of age.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/the-bag-contained-a-pair-of-white-cotton-gloves-stained-the-color-of/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) > [I eventually found that the soul is more than an immortal commodity to win and save. It is the repository of the inner divine,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/i-eventually-found-that-the-soul-is-more-than-an-immortal-commodity/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) > [“Readiness for dying arrives by attending the smallest moment and finding the eternal inside of it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/readiness-for-dying-arrives-by-attending-the-smallest-moment-and/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) > [“I sat at her desk and turned one page after another, staring at what looked like bits and pieces of black lace laid cross…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/i-sat-at-her-desk-and-turned-one-page-after-another-staring-at-what/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/the-translucence-that-comes-when-life-hardens-into-a-bead-of-such/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) > [“There's no pain on earth that doesn't require a benevolent witness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/there-s-no-pain-on-earth-that-doesn-t-require-a-benevolent-witness/) [sue monk kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) > [“afflicted with the worst female curse on earth, the need to mold myself to expectations.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/afflicted-with-the-worst-female-curse-on-earth-the-need-to-mold/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/her-forbidden-bath-all-those-months-ago-still-hung-leaden-between-us/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) > [“Why should God’s perfection be based on having an unchanging nature?” I asked. “Isn’t flexibility more perfect than stasis?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/why-should-god-s-perfection-be-based-on-having-an-unchanging-nature-i/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hardest-thing/sue-monk-kidd/#itemlist", "name": "7 Hardest thing Quotes By Sue Monk Kidd", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“August says to Lily,\" You know some things don't matter that much Lily. 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