

“This is what I know about myself. She was all I wanted. And I took her away.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
― The Secret Life of Bees

“Place a beehive on my grave
And let the honey soak through.
When I'm dead and gone,
That's what I want from you.
The streets of heaven are gold and sunny,
But I'll stick with my plot and a pot of honey.
Place a beehive on my grave
And let the honey soak through.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
And let the honey soak through.
When I'm dead and gone,
That's what I want from you.
The streets of heaven are gold and sunny,
But I'll stick with my plot and a pot of honey.
Place a beehive on my grave
And let the honey soak through.”
― The Secret Life of Bees

“You have to find a mother inside yourself. We all do. Even if we already have a mother, we still have to find this part of ourselves inside”
― The Secret Life of Bees
― The Secret Life of Bees

“Honeybees depend not only on physical contact with the colony, but also require it's social companionship and support. Isolate a honeybee from her sisters and she will soon die.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
― The Secret Life of Bees

“I felt a trembling along my skin, a treaveling current that moved up my spine, down my arms, pulsing out from my fingertips. I was practically radiating. The body knows things a long time before the mind catches up to them. I was wondering what my body knew that I didn't.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
― The Secret Life of Bees
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