The Secret Life of Bees: A Novel by Sue Monk Kidd

"People who think dying is the worst thing don't know a thing about life."
(p.2)

"The world will give you that once in a while, a brief timeout; the boxing bell rings and you go to your corner, where somebody dabs mercy on your beat-up life."
(p.82)

"I wanted to know what happened when two people felt it. Would it divide the hurt in two, make it lighter to bear, the way feeling someone's joy seemed to double it?"
(p.95)

"Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can't remember who we are or why we're here."
(p.2)