Books Quote by Sue Monk Kidd

“My mauma was shrewd. She didn’t get any reading and writing like me. Everything she knew came from living on the scarce side of…

— Sue Monk Kidd

“Mauma didn`t want that cloth, she just wanted to make some trouble. She couldn`t get free and she couldn`t pop missus on the back…

— Sue Monk Kidd (Author

“Her eyes are classic novels and poetry.”

— Isaac Marion

“She is staring at me wide-eyed, willing me to understand: that people should be sacrificed to causes, that beauty can be built on the…

— Lauren Oliver

“That was the thing mauma and I loved, our time with the quilts.”

— Sue Monk Kidd

“I'd never seen so many books. Never. The sight made my eyes water. I mean, tear right up.”

— Carol Lynch Williams

“There's a million stories glistening in her eyes if you just have time to look.”

— Virginia Frances Schwartz

“There were other times when she was so shattered by ideas that she could do nothing worth while; when they trampled over her like…

— Willa Cather

“If I had a clear vision, none of my books would be what they are. I've got to let the characters show me the…

— Shandy L. Kurth

“She always told me, “When the world gives you a hard time, pick up a book and join another.”

— Abby Fabiaschi

“Inside a book, she captures all that's lost. She journals so her words won't fly away.”

— Stephanie Hemphill

“When she smiles, the lines in her face become epic narratives that trace the stories of generations that no book can replace.”

— Curtis Tyrone Jones