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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.
Sue Monk Kidd
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Sue Monk Kidd
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: August 12
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Now and then sprays of rain flew over and misted our faces. Every time I refused to wipe away the wetness. It made the world seem so alive to me. I couldn't help but envy the way a good storm got everyone's attention.
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Stopping is a spiritual art. It is the refuge where we drink life in.
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I think many people need, even require, a narrative version of their life. I seem to be one of them. Writing memoir is, in some ways, a work of wholeness.
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Actually, you can be bad at something...but if you love doing it, that will be enough. - August Boatwright
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I could even feel how perishable all my moments really were, how all my life they had come to me begging to be lived, to be cherished even.
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I sit in my new room and write everything down. My heart never stops talking.
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