Said Quotes by Sue Monk Kidd

17 Said quotes by Sue Monk Kidd

Sue Monk Kidd often writes as if she’s guiding you through a quiet garden of thought. These 17 passages capture her gentle, reflective voice on faith, healing, and the human journey.

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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,…

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I said, "If I was a Negro girl-" He placed his fingers across my lips so I tasted his saltiness. "We can't…

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“Sarah was up in her room with her heart broke so bad, Binah said you could hear it jangle when she walked.”

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Did you know there are thirty-two names for love in one of the Eskimo languages?" August said. "And we just have this…

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T. Ray said 'Who do you think you are? Julias Shakespeare?' The man sincerely thought that was Shakespeare's first name, and if…

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It was the first time I'd ever said the words to another person, and the sound of them broke open my heart.

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I got my Bachelor's degree in nursing and worked nine years - even taught nursing in a college - before I stopped…

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I'll write this all down for you," I said. "I'll put it in a story." I don't know if that's what he…

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Why is it sports is the only thing white people see us being successful at? I don't want to play football," he…

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Every person on the face of the earth makes mistakes, Lily. Every last one. We're all so human. Your mother made a…

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The monk at St. Meinrad took his hands and placed them on my shoulders, peered straight into my eyes and said, ‘I…

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I don't remember what they said, only the fury of their words, how the air turned raw and full of welts. Later…

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Probably one or two moments in your whole life you will hear a dark whispering spirit, a voice coming from the center…

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Still everyone, including the abbot, had said that he was running away from his grief. They'd had no idea what they were…

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“She said it again, "I'm tired." She wanted me to tell her it was all right, to get her spirit and go…

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A moment of grace. There rose up within me a profound sense of being loved. I felt "gathered together" and encircled by…

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I often went to Catholic mass or Eucharist at the Episcopal church, nourished by the symbol and power of this profound feeding…

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“The mermaids came to me finally, in the pink hours of my life. They are my consolation. For them I dove with arms outstretched,…

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“The bag contained a pair of white cotton gloves stained the color of age.”

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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,…

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“Readiness for dying arrives by attending the smallest moment and finding the eternal inside of it.”

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“I sat at her desk and turned one page after another, staring at what looked like bits and pieces of black lace laid cross…

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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…

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“There's no pain on earth that doesn't require a benevolent witness.”

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