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It's something everybody wants-for someone to see the hurt done to them and set it down like it matters.

Sue Monk Kidd

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Sue Monk Kidd
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: August 12
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Did you know there are thirty-two names for love in one of the Eskimo languages? August said. And we just have this one. We are so limited, you have to use the same word.
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Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can't remember who we are or why we're here.
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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.
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I realize what a strange in-between place I am in. The Young Woman inside has turned to go, but the Old Woman has not shown up.
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It is the peculiar nature of the world to go on spinning no matter what sort of heartbreak is happening.
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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.
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And when you get down to it, Lily, that is the only purpose grand enough for a human life. Not just to love but to persist in love.
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Stopping is a spiritual art. It is the refuge where we drink life in.
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You can tell which girls lack mothers by the look of their hair.
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I found that I could not climb my way up to God in a blaze of doing and performing. Rather, I had to descend into the depths of myself and find God there in the darkness of troubled waters.
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Elizabeth A. Johnson explains that including divine female symbols and images not only challenges the dominance of male images but also calls into question the structure of patriarchy itself.
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T. Ray said 'Who do you think you are? Julias Shakespeare?' The man sincerely thought that was Shakespeare's first name, and if you think I should have corrected him, you are ignorant about the art of survival.
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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 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.
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Someone who thinks death is the scariest thing doesn't know a thing about life.
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How often do we do that, he wondered--look at someone and fail to see what's really there?
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I came to believe that my true identity goes beyond the outer roles I play. It transcends the ego. I came to understand that there is an Authentic 'I' within - an 'I Am,' or divine spark within the soul.
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I worried so much about how I looked and whether I was doing things right, I felt half the time I was impersonating a girl instead of really being one.
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Sometimes you want to fall on your knees and thank God in heaven for all the poor news reporting that goes on in the world.
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You can go other places, all right - you can live on the other side of the world, but you can't ever leave home
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