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.
("The Secret Life of Bees")
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This is the autumn of wonders, yet every day, every single day, I go back to that burned afternoon in August when T. Ray left. 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 the moons shining over me.Sue Monk Kidd
Nothing is fair in this world. You might as well get that straight right now
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If you need something from somebody always give that person a way to hand it to you.
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There's nothing like a song about lost love to remind you how everything precious can slip from the hinges where you've hung it so careful.
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