Author: Sue Monk Kidd

Quotes

On weekends, I sit in a lounge chair on my balcony. I love to be outside when the weather's right. I can stay there pretty much all day.

On weekends, I sit in a lounge chair on my balcony. I love to be outside when the weather's right. I can stay there pretty much all day.

- Sue Monk Kidd

Stories are amazing and powerful because they can resonate with people depending on their needs and experiences and speak truths we need to hear in that moment in time.

Stories are amazing and powerful because they can resonate with people depending on their needs and experiences and speak truths we need to hear in that moment in time.

- Sue Monk Kidd

It's always been my hope that I would write a story that would inspire and would connect with people in a way that would touch hearts.

It's always been my hope that I would write a story that would inspire and would connect with people in a way that would touch hearts.

- Sue Monk Kidd

I feel like we need to be aware of the ways we use and misuse religious dogma: whether it takes us deeper into love and inclusion or it separates us.

I feel like we need to be aware of the ways we use and misuse religious dogma: whether it takes us deeper into love and inclusion or it separates us.

- Sue Monk Kidd

I think many people need, even require, a narrative version of their life. I seem to be one of them. Writing memoir is, in some ways, a work of wholeness.

I think many people need, even require, a narrative version of their life. I seem to be one of them. Writing memoir is, in some ways, a work of wholeness.

- Sue Monk Kidd

Unraveling external selves and coming home to our real identity is the true meaning of soul work.

Unraveling external selves and coming home to our real identity is the true meaning of soul work.

- Sue Monk Kidd

Novels attempt to render human experience; that's really all they are. They are meant to convey empathy for the character.

Novels attempt to render human experience; that's really all they are. They are meant to convey empathy for the character.

- Sue Monk Kidd

People who think dying is the worst thing don't know a thing about life.

People who think dying is the worst thing don't know a thing about life.

- Sue Monk Kidd

The True Self is not our creation, but God's. It is the self we are in our depths. It is our capacity for divinity and transcendence.

The True Self is not our creation, but God's. It is the self we are in our depths. It is our capacity for divinity and transcendence.

- Sue Monk Kidd

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