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I grew up in the American South and came of age in the 1960s, an incredibly turbulent time. It was as if the seams of American life were being ripped apart with riots and protests. (Sue Monk Kidd)
Novels attempt to render human experience; that's really all they are. They are meant to convey empathy for the character. View quote
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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. View quote
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I think there must be a place inside of us where dreams go and wait their turn. View quote
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Stories are amazing and powerful because they can resonate with people depending on their needs and experiences and speak truths we need to hear in that moment in time. View quote
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When compassion wakes up in us, we find ourselves more willing to become vulnerable, to take the risk of entering the pain of others. View quote
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I never know how to give advice to a writer because there's so much you could say, and it's hard to translate your own experience. But of course, I always try. The main thing that I usually end up saying is to read a lot. To read a great deal and to learn from that. View quote
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I've always been a journal-keeper. I've always tried to write about how I'm experiencing life, and my feelings and thoughts. View quote
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I can't think of anything I'd rather have more than somebody lovin' me. View quote
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I have noticed that if you look carefully at people's eyes the first five seconds they look at you, the truth of their feelings will shine through for just an instant before it flickers away. View quote
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Empathy is the most mysterious transaction that the human soul can have, and its accessible to all of us, but we have to give ourselves the opportunity to identify, to plunge ourselves in a story where we see the world from the bottom up or through anothers eyes or heart. (Sue Monk Kidd)
People, in general, would rather die than forgive. It's that hard. View quote
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There's release in knowing the truth no matter how anguishing it is. You come finally to the irreducible thing, and there's nothing left to do but pick it up and hold it. Then, at last, you can enter the severe mercy of acceptance. View quote
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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, forgive or die," a lot of people would go ahead and order their coffin. View quote
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You can't stop your heart from loving, really -- it's like standing out there in the ocean yelling at the waves to stop. View quote
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After you get stung, you can't get unstung no matter how much you whine about it. View quote
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You've got to figure out which end of the needle you're gon' be, the one that's fastened to the thread or the end that pierces the cloth. View quote
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The body knows things a long time before the mind catches up to them. I was wondering what my body knew that I didn't. View quote
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If you aren't giving people something to talk about, you've become too dull. View quote
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Regrets don't help anything. View quote
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Nobody should go through life without falling in love. (Sue Monk Kidd)
History is not just facts and events. History is also a pain in the heart and we repeat history until we are able to make another's pain in the heart our own. View quote
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You gotta imagine what's never been. View quote
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I wished she'd been smart enough, or loving enough, to realize everybody has burdens that crush them, only they don't give up their children. View quote
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Most people don't have any idea about all the complicated life going on inside a hive. Bees have a secret life we don't know anything about. View quote
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