Secret Life Of Bees May Quotes

#1. 'The Secret Life of Bees' was my first novel, so I had no process. I was flying by the seat of my pants, as they say, trying to understand how I, as a novelist, would work with story.

Sue Monk Kidd

#2. You put his brain in a bird, the bird would fly backwards -Secret Life of the Bees

Sue Monk Kidd

#3. As long as you live under my roof, you'll do what I say!" he shouted.
Then I'll find another roof, I thought.
"You understand me?" he said.
"Yes sir, I understand" I said, and I did too. I understand that a new rooftop would do wonders for me.

Sue Monk Kidd

#4. People, in general, would rather die than forgive. It's that hard.

Sue Monk Kidd

#5. All I knew about bees when I started to write 'The Secret Life of Bees' was that they can live in a wall of your house, and that they make this incredible thing that I loved.

Sue Monk Kidd

#6. Words are the most beautiful things existed in the world, but they die as fast as they were born, unless you convert them to act!
The Secret Life of Bees

Sue Monk Kidd

#7. When I wrote 'The Secret Life of Bees,' I was writing about civil rights.

Sue Monk Kidd

#8. As I walked, I began to hear the sound of running water. It's impossible to hear that sound and not go searching for the source.

Sue Monk Kidd

#9. Did you know there are 32 names for love in one of the Eskimo language? And we just have this one. We are so limited, you have to use the same word for loving Rosaleen as you do for loving Coke with peanuts. Isn't that a shame we don't have more ways to say it.

Sue Monk Kidd

#10. Most people don't have any idea about all the complicated life going on inside a hive. Bees have a secret life we don't know anything about.

Sue Monk Kidd

#11. I was afraid, though, the blame would find a way to stick to them. That's how blame was.

Sue Monk Kidd

#12. The Secret Life of Bees proves that a family can be found where you least expect it-maybe not under your own roof, but in that magical place where you find love. The Secret Life of Bees is a gift, filled with hope!

Luanne Rice

#13. There is nothing perfect...only life.

Sue Monk Kidd