Quotes by Sue Monk Kidd, The Invention of Wings

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I said, "Where's all that delivering God's supposed to do?"He snorted. "You're right, the only deliverance is the one we — Sue Monk Kidd, The Invention of Wings
There was a time in Africa the people could fly. Mauma told me this one night when I was ten years old. She said, “Handf — Sue Monk Kidd, The Invention of Wings
How could I choose someone who would force me to give up my own small reach for meaning? I chose myself, and without con — Sue Monk Kidd, The Invention of Wings
I said out loud, "Damn you for saving yourself. How come you left me with nothing but to love you and hate you, and that — Sue Monk Kidd, The Invention of Wings
Sarah shifted on the bench. I worried she was winding up to say something, that Sky would start humming now, that the fr — Sue Monk Kidd, The Invention of Wings
The pear trees were bare, their limbs spread open like the viscera of a parasol. Stretching into the darkness beyond, th — Sue Monk Kidd, The Invention of Wings
Mr. Vesey, though, he didn't like any kind of talk about heaven. He said that was the coward’s way, pining for life in t — Sue Monk Kidd, The Invention of Wings
Don't be telling me--can't be done. That's some god damney white talk, that's what that is. — Sue Monk Kidd, The Invention of Wings
The past week, Mother had denied her a pass to the market for some minor, forgettable reason, and she’d taken it hard. H — Sue Monk Kidd, The Invention of Wings
Angelina, I think of you as my friend, the dearest of friends, and it tortures me to go against you, but now is the time — Sue Monk Kidd, The Invention of Wings
You come from your mauma, you sleep in the bed with her till you're near twenty years grown, and you still don't know wh — Sue Monk Kidd, The Invention of Wings
To condemn slavery was one thing—that I could do in my own individual heart—but female ministers! — Sue Monk Kidd, The Invention of Wings
By law, a slaw was three-fifths of a person. It came to me that what I’d just suggested would seem paramount to proclaim — Sue Monk Kidd, The Invention of Wings
I was not sorry for loving Charleston or for leaving it. Geography had made me who I was. — Sue Monk Kidd, The Invention of Wings