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“Did you know there are thirty-two names for love in one of the Eskimo languages?" August said. "And we just have this one. We are so limited, you have to use the same word.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
― The Secret Life of Bees
“It was the in-between time, before day leaves and night comes, a time I’ve never been partial to because of the sadness that lingers in the space between going and coming.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
― The Secret Life of Bees
“The whole problem with people is they don't know what matters and what doesn't.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
― The Secret Life of Bees
“People who think dying is the is the worst thing don't know a thing about life.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
― The Secret Life of Bees
“August: You know, somethings don't matter that much...like the color of a house...But lifting a person's heart--now that matters. The whole problem with people--"
Lily: They don't know what matters and what doesn't...
August:...They know what matters, but they don't choose it...The hardest thing on earth is to choose what matters.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
Lily: They don't know what matters and what doesn't...
August:...They know what matters, but they don't choose it...The hardest thing on earth is to choose what matters.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
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