Nichelle

“I'd heard August say more than once, "If you need something from somebody, always give that person a way to hand it to you." T. Ray needed a face-saving way to hand me over, and August was giving it to him.”
― Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees

“Still everyone, including the abbot, had said that he was running away from his grief. They'd had no idea what they were talking about. He'd cradled his grief, almost to the point of loving it. For so long he refused to give it up, because leaving it behind was like leaving her.”
― Sue Monk Kidd, The Mermaid Chair

“You can tell which girls lack mothers by the look of their hair...”
― Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees

“The Four Virtues--virtue, demeanor, speech, and work.”
― Lisa See , Peony in Love