“I knew then that no matter how hard you tried, no matter how many jars of honey you threw, no matter how much you thought you could leave your mother behind, she would never disappear from the tender places in you.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
― The Secret Life of Bees
“I'll write this all down for you," I said. "I'll put it in a story." I don't know if that's what he wanted to ask me, but it's something everybody wants--for someone to see the hurt done to them and set it down like it matters.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
― The Secret Life of Bees
“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
― The Secret Life of Bees
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