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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.

Sue Monk Kidd

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Sue Monk Kidd
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: August 12
Novelist
Writer
Sylvester
Georgia
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Worried
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Girl
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We walked along the river with the words streaming behind us like ribbons in the night.
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That's the sacred intent of life, of God--to move us continuously toward growth, toward recovering all that is lost and orphaned within us and restoring the divine image imprinted on our soul.
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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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What's wrong with living in a dream world? You have to wake up.
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