--- title: "17 Said Quotes By Sue Monk Kidd" description: "17 Said quotes by Sue Monk Kidd. Plus more from Sue Monk Kidd and more Said sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cc/sue-monk-kidd-404_art_t-ray-said-who-do-you-think-you-are-juli_3043758.png" --- > [T. Ray said 'Who do you think you are? Julias Shakespeare?' The man sincerely thought that was Shakespeare's first name, and if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/t-ray-said-who-do-you-think-you-are-julias-shakespeare-the-man/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cc/sue-monk-kidd-404_art_t-ray-said-who-do-you-think-you-are-juli_3043758.png) > [It was the first time I'd ever said the words to another person, and the sound of them broke open my heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/it-was-the-first-time-i-d-ever-said-the-words-to-another-person-and/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e1/sue-monk-kidd-404_broke_it-was-the-first-time-i-d-ever-said-the_1849599.png) > [I got my Bachelor's degree in nursing and worked nine years - even taught nursing in a college - before I stopped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/i-got-my-bachelor-s-degree-in-nursing-and-worked-nine-years-even/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/379/sue-monk-kidd-404_am_i-got-my-bachelor-s-degree-in-nursing-an_2906060.png) > [People in general would rather die than forgive. It's THAT hard. If God said in plain language. "I'm giving you a choice,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/people-in-general-would-rather-die-than-forgive-it-s-that-hard-if-god/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b43/sue-monk-kidd-404_choices_people-in-general-would-rather-die-than_1593711.png) > [I said, "If I was a Negro girl-" He placed his fingers across my lips so I tasted his saltiness. "We can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/i-said-if-i-was-a-negro-girl-he-placed-his-fingers-across-my-lips-so/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fba/sue-monk-kidd-404_change-the-world_i-said-if-i-was-a-negro-girl-he-placed-h_3226108.png) > [“Sarah was up in her room with her heart broke so bad, Binah said you could hear it jangle when she walked.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/sarah-was-up-in-her-room-with-her-heart-broke-so-bad-binah-said-you/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d2/sue-monk-kidd-404_heart-broke_sarah-was-up-in-her-room-with-her-heart_1221700.png) > [Did you know there are thirty-two names for love in one of the Eskimo languages?" August said. "And we just have this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/did-you-know-there-are-thirty-two-names-for-love-in-one-of-the-eskimo/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10a/sue-monk-kidd-404_august_did-you-know-there-are-thirty-two-names_1806333.png) > [Still everyone, including the abbot, had said that he was running away from his grief. They'd had no idea what they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/still-everyone-including-the-abbot-had-said-that-he-was-running-away/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb4/sue-monk-kidd-404_behinds_still-everyone-including-the-abbot-had-s_2335089.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/i-ll-write-this-all-down-for-you-i-said-i-ll-put-it-in-a-story-i-don/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a2/sue-monk-kidd-404_ask-me_i-ll-write-this-all-down-for-you-i-said_1022737.png) > [Every person on the face of the earth makes mistakes, Lily. Every last one. We're all so human. Your mother made a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/every-person-on-the-face-of-the-earth-makes-mistakes-lily-every-last-2/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f7/sue-monk-kidd-404_august_every-person-on-the-face-of-the-earth-ma_1420156.jpg) > [Why is it sports is the only thing white people see us being successful at? I don't want to play football," he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/why-is-it-sports-is-the-only-thing-white-people-see-us-being/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6aa/sue-monk-kidd-404_annoyed_why-is-it-sports-is-the-only-thing-white_2192508.jpg) > [The monk at St. Meinrad took his hands and placed them on my shoulders, peered straight into my eyes and said, ‘I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/the-monk-at-st-meinrad-took-his-hands-and-placed-them-on-my-shoulders/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40a/sue-monk-kidd-404_allowing_the-monk-at-st-meinrad-took-his-hands-an_2315990.jpg) > [I don't remember what they said, only the fury of their words, how the air turned raw and full of welts. Later…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/i-don-t-remember-what-they-said-only-the-fury-of-their-words-how-the/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab9/sue-monk-kidd-404_air_i-don-t-remember-what-they-said-only-the_1826133.png) > [Probably one or two moments in your whole life you will hear a dark whispering spirit, a voice coming from the center…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/probably-one-or-two-moments-in-your-whole-life-you-will-hear-a-dark/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/909/sue-monk-kidd-404_blades_probably-one-or-two-moments-in-your-whol_1520765.png) > [I often went to Catholic mass or Eucharist at the Episcopal church, nourished by the symbol and power of this profound feeding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/i-often-went-to-catholic-mass-or-eucharist-at-the-episcopal-church/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbc/sue-monk-kidd-404_body_i-often-went-to-catholic-mass-or-euchari_949597.jpg) > [“She said it again, "I'm tired." She wanted me to tell her it was all right, to get her spirit and go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/she-said-it-again-i-m-tired-she-wanted-me-to-tell-her-it-was-all/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/728/sue-monk-kidd-404_life_she-said-it-again-i-m-tired-she-wanted-m_401603.png) > [A moment of grace. There rose up within me a profound sense of being loved. I felt "gathered together" and encircled by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/a-moment-of-grace-there-rose-up-within-me-a-profound-sense-of-being/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/103/sue-monk-kidd-404_being-loved_a-moment-of-grace-there-rose-up-within-m_3148940.jpg) ## Other authors on Said ## 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/said/sue-monk-kidd/#itemlist", "name": "17 Said Quotes By Sue Monk Kidd", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "T. 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Every last one. We're all so human. Your mother made a terrible mistake, but she tried to fix it.' 'Good night,' I said, and rolled onto my side. 'There is nothing perfect,' August said from the doorway. 'There is only life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sue Monk Kidd" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/every-person-on-the-face-of-the-earth-makes-mistakes-lily-every-last-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f7/sue-monk-kidd-404_august_every-person-on-the-face-of-the-earth-ma_1420156.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f7/sue-monk-kidd-404_august_every-person-on-the-face-of-the-earth-ma_1420156.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f7/sue-monk-kidd-404_august_every-person-on-the-face-of-the-earth-ma_1420156.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Every person on the face of the earth makes mistakes, Lily. Every last one. We're all so human. 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