--- title: "17 Needs Quotes By Sue Monk Kidd" description: "17 Needs quotes by Sue Monk Kidd. Plus more from Sue Monk Kidd and more Needs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90e/sue-monk-kidd-404_diplomacy_if-you-need-something-from-somebody-alwa_1921383.png" --- > [If you need something from somebody always give that person a way to hand it to you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/if-you-need-something-from-somebody-always-give-that-person-a-way-to/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90e/sue-monk-kidd-404_diplomacy_if-you-need-something-from-somebody-alwa_1921383.png) > [Everybody needs a seashell in her bathroom to remind her the ocean is her home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/everybody-needs-a-seashell-in-her-bathroom-to-remind-her-the-ocean-is/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/553/sue-monk-kidd-404_bathroom_everybody-needs-a-seashell-in-her-bathro_1063596.png) > [All my life I've thought I needed someone to complete me, now I know I need to belong to myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/all-my-life-i-ve-thought-i-needed-someone-to-complete-me-now-i-know-i/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/710/sue-monk-kidd-404_belong_all-my-life-i-ve-thought-i-needed-someon_2329489.png) > [I think many people need, even require, a narrative version of their life. I seem to be one of them. Writing memoir…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/i-think-many-people-need-even-require-a-narrative-version-of-their/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/154/sue-monk-kidd-404_life_i-think-many-people-need-even-require-a_2238695.png) > [You don't have to place your hand on Mary's heart to get strength and consolation and rescue, and all the other things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/you-don-t-have-to-place-your-hand-on-mary-s-heart-to-get-strength-and/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/862/sue-monk-kidd-404_consolation_you-don-t-have-to-place-your-hand-on-mar_1337583.jpg) > [we need not avoid our active lives, but simply bring to them a new vision and shift of gravity. for in the…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fd/sue-monk-kidd-404_active_we-need-not-avoid-our-active-lives-but-s_5021.jpg) > [My children have always existed at the deepest center of me, right there in the heart/hearth, but I struggled with the powerful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/my-children-have-always-existed-at-the-deepest-center-of-me-right/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77f/sue-monk-kidd-404_balance_my-children-have-always-existed-at-the-d_2609504.jpg) > [I'd heard August say more than once, "If you need something from somebody, always give that person a way to hand it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/i-d-heard-august-say-more-than-once-if-you-need-something-from/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b7/sue-monk-kidd-404_august_i-d-heard-august-say-more-than-once-if-y_247951.png) > [The awakening passed from simple recognition of my need for God at the center of my life, to a depth where the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/the-awakening-passed-from-simple-recognition-of-my-need-for-god-at/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b71/sue-monk-kidd-404_awakening_the-awakening-passed-from-simple-recogni_2963923.png) > [Stories are amazing and powerful because they can resonate with people depending on their needs and experiences and speak truths we need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/stories-are-amazing-and-powerful-because-they-can-resonate-with/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/400/sue-monk-kidd-404_moments_stories-are-amazing-and-powerful-because_2049137.png) > [A spiritual pilgrim needs to discern when his or her life is stunted in an old field and find the courage and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/a-spiritual-pilgrim-needs-to-discern-when-his-or-her-life-is-stunted-2/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c0/sue-monk-kidd-404_abraham_a-spiritual-pilgrim-needs-to-discern-whe_2068740.jpg) > [In recent years my understanding of God had evolved into increasingly remote abstractions. I'd come to think of God in terms like…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dab/sue-monk-kidd-404_believe_in-recent-years-my-understanding-of-god_4769.png) > [Women themselves condition their daughters to serve the system of male primacy. If a daughter challenges it, the mother will generally defend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/women-themselves-condition-their-daughters-to-serve-the-system-of/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/165/sue-monk-kidd-404_accepting_women-themselves-condition-their-daughte_1552430.png) > [We need Goddess consciousness to reveal earth's holiness. Divine feminine imagery opens up the notion that the earth is the body of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/we-need-goddess-consciousness-to-reveal-earth-s-holiness-divine/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/851/sue-monk-kidd-404_alive_we-need-goddess-consciousness-to-reveal_2678849.png) > [You forgive what you can, when you can. That's all you can do.To forgive does not mean overlooking the offense and pretending…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/you-forgive-what-you-can-when-you-can-that-s-all-you-can-do-to/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/046/sue-monk-kidd-404_age_you-forgive-what-you-can-when-you-can-th_2780837.jpg) > [The question occurred to me: Well, if that's so, if the Divine is ultimately formless and genderless, what's the big deal? Why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/the-question-occurred-to-me-well-if-that-s-so-if-the-divine-is/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/372/sue-monk-kidd-404_big-deal_the-question-occurred-to-me-well-if-that_3136540.png) > [Finally, I began to write about becoming an older woman and the trepidation it stirred. The small, telling "betrayals" of my body.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/finally-i-began-to-write-about-becoming-an-older-woman-and-the/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d9/sue-monk-kidd-404_ache_finally-i-began-to-write-about-becoming_1142513.jpg) ## Other authors on Needs ## 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/needs/sue-monk-kidd/#itemlist", "name": "17 Needs Quotes By Sue Monk Kidd", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you need something from somebody always give that person a way to hand it to you.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sue Monk Kidd" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/if-you-need-something-from-somebody-always-give-that-person-a-way-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90e/sue-monk-kidd-404_diplomacy_if-you-need-something-from-somebody-alwa_1921383.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90e/sue-monk-kidd-404_diplomacy_if-you-need-something-from-somebody-alwa_1921383.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90e/sue-monk-kidd-404_diplomacy_if-you-need-something-from-somebody-alwa_1921383.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you need something from somebody always give that person a way to hand it to you.” — Sue Monk Kidd", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Everybody needs a seashell in her bathroom to remind her the ocean is her home.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sue Monk Kidd" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/everybody-needs-a-seashell-in-her-bathroom-to-remind-her-the-ocean-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/553/sue-monk-kidd-404_bathroom_everybody-needs-a-seashell-in-her-bathro_1063596.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/553/sue-monk-kidd-404_bathroom_everybody-needs-a-seashell-in-her-bathro_1063596.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/553/sue-monk-kidd-404_bathroom_everybody-needs-a-seashell-in-her-bathro_1063596.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Everybody needs a seashell in her bathroom to remind her the ocean is her home.” — Sue Monk Kidd", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All my life I've thought I needed someone to complete me, now I know I need to belong to myself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sue Monk Kidd" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/all-my-life-i-ve-thought-i-needed-someone-to-complete-me-now-i-know-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/710/sue-monk-kidd-404_belong_all-my-life-i-ve-thought-i-needed-someon_2329489.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/710/sue-monk-kidd-404_belong_all-my-life-i-ve-thought-i-needed-someon_2329489.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/710/sue-monk-kidd-404_belong_all-my-life-i-ve-thought-i-needed-someon_2329489.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All my life I've thought I needed someone to complete me, now I know I need to belong to myself.” — Sue Monk Kidd", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think many people need, even require, a narrative version of their life. 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Ray needed a face-saving way to hand me over, and August was giving it to him.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sue Monk Kidd" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/i-d-heard-august-say-more-than-once-if-you-need-something-from/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b7/sue-monk-kidd-404_august_i-d-heard-august-say-more-than-once-if-y_247951.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b7/sue-monk-kidd-404_august_i-d-heard-august-say-more-than-once-if-y_247951.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b7/sue-monk-kidd-404_august_i-d-heard-august-say-more-than-once-if-y_247951.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'd heard August say more than once, \"If you need something from somebody, always give that person a way to…” — Sue Monk Kidd", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The awakening passed from simple recognition of my need for God at the center of my life, to a depth where the will is stirred And that is a deeper place by far. 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