Taylor Ridenour

“It was the first time I'd ever said the words to another person, and the sound of them broke open my heart.”
― Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees

“In the photograph by my bed my mother is perpetually smiling on me. I guess I have forgiven us both, although sometimes in the night my dreams will take me back to the sadness, and I have to wake up and forgive us again.”
― Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees

“We appreciate the complicated and wonderful gifts you give us in each other. And we appreciate the task you put down before us, of loving each other the best we can, even as you love us.”
― Kate DiCamillo, Because of Winn-Dixie

“We can't think of changing our skin color. Change the world - that's how we gotta think.”
― Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees