April Brabender

“When I tell you all shall be well, I don’t mean that life won’t bring you tragedy. Life will be life. I only mean you will be well in spite of it. All shall be well, no matter what.”
― Sue Monk Kidd, The Book of Longings

“All my life, longings lived inside me, rising up like nocturnes to wail and sing through the night.”
― Sue Monk Kidd, The Book of Longings

“Your moment will come, and when it does, you must seize it with all the bravery you can find.”
― Sue Monk Kidd, The Book of Longings

“When I looked up, Yaltha’s eyes were settled on me. She said, “A man’s holy of holies contains God’s laws, but inside a woman’s there are only longings.” Then she tapped the flat bone over my heart and spoke the charge that caused something to flame up in my chest: “Write what’s inside here, inside your holy of holies.”
― Sue Monk Kidd, The Book of Longings