Here are some quotes to share from my favourite book, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd.
With reference to August's pink house in the Secret Life of Bees...
"You know, some things don't matter that much. Like the colour of a house. How big is that in the overall scheme of life? But lifting a person's heart - now, that matters"
With reference to Zachary's angst after being arrested along with the rest of the coloured boys...
"Those boys that made me wear the fish - they were angry like that too. Angry at the world and it made them mean."
With reference to Lily's lack of maternal guidance and love...
"I go back to that one moment when I stood in the driveway with small rocks and clumps of dirt around my feet and looked back at the porch. And there they were, All these mothers, I have more mothers than any eight girls off the street. They are moons shining over me"
With reference to bees and having them within your proximity...
"Send them love..."
~ The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd
I think there hasn't been a book that has touched me the way that this one has. In one novel, I had been made to think about my (lack of) maternal instincts, how I'd always been trying to stay the way I am, not wanting to leave my nest and start my own. I seldom say this but I do love this book.
