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Quotes from The Secret Life of Bees — Sue Monk Kidd

born 1948 United States

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9 quotes

People who think dying is the worst thing don't know a thing about life.

The Secret Life of Bees (2002)

It is the peculiar nature of the world to go on spinning no matter what sort of heartbreak is happening.

The Secret Life of Bees (2002)

There is nothing perfect. There is only life.

The Secret Life of Bees (2002)

When it's time to die, go ahead and die, and when it's time to live, live. Don't sort-of-maybe live, but live like you're going all out, like you're not afraid.

The Secret Life of Bees (2002)

Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can’t remember who we are or why we’re here.

The Secret Life of Bees (2002)

We walked along the river with the words streaming behind us like ribbons in the night.

The Secret Life of Bees (2002)

In a weird way I must have loved my little collection of hurts and wounds. They provided me with some real nice sympathy, with the feeling I was exceptional.

The Secret Life of Bees (2002)

It was the oldest sound there was. Souls flying away.

The Secret Life of Bees (2002)

And I was struck all at once how life was out there going through its regular courses, and I was suspended, waiting, caught in a terrible crevice between living my life and not living it.

The Secret Life of Bees (2002)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Sue Monk Kidd (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.