Sue Monk Kidd
Sue Monk Kidd
Sue Monk Kiddis a writer from the Southern United States, best known for her novel, The Secret Life of Bees...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth12 August 1948
CountryUnited States of America
mean embodiment
Embodiment means we no longer say, I had this experience; we say, I am this experience.
evil faces silent
To remain silent in the face of evil is itself a form of evil.
mother grief grieving
Rebirth is almost impossible without the darkness.....I tell myself I am experiencing the death of myself as mother, the death of myself as a younger woman -- precious old lives going by the wayside. Of course, I should let myself grieve. To deny the grief is to squander a transforming and radiant possibility.
life sky trying
Were all yearning for a wedge of sky, aren't we? I suspect God plants these yearnings in us so we'll at least try and change the course of things. We must try, that's all.
girl thinking skins
I said, "If I was a Negro girl-" He placed his fingers across my lips so I tasted his saltiness. "We can't think of changing our skin," he said. "Change the world-that's how we gotta think."
falling-in-love fall should
Nobody should go through life without falling in love.
sports football successful
"Why is it sports is the only thing white people see us being successful at? I don't want to play football," he said. "I wanna be a lawyer." "That's fine with me," I said, a little annoyed. "I've just never heard of a Negro lawyer, that's all. You've got to hear of these things before you can imagine them." "Bullshit. You gotta imagine what's never been."
holy
Just to be is holy, just to live is a gift.
love bees-and-honey want
Every little thing wants to be loved.
looks bottom
Until we look from the bottom up we have nothing.
summer racism voters
I vividly remember the summer of 1964 with its voter registration drives, boiling racial tensions, and the erupting awareness of the cruelty of racism. I was never the same after that summer.
heart writing people
It's always been my hope that I would write a story that would inspire and would connect with people in a way that would touch hearts.
self divinity depth
The True Self is not our creation, but God's. It is the self we are in our depths. It is our capacity for divinity and transcendence.
writing feelings keepers
I've always been a journal-keeper. I've always tried to write about how I'm experiencing life, and my feelings and thoughts.