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The Secret Life of Bees

 Sue Monk Kidd
 

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1. She was black as could be, twisted like driftwood from being out in the weather, her face a map of all the storms and journeys she'd been through. Her right arm was raised as if she was pointing the way, except her fingers were closed in a fist. It gave her a serious look, like she could straighten you out if necessary.
 
 
2. “I've just never heard of a Negro lawyer, that's all. You've got to hear of these things before you can imagine them.”
“Bullshit. You gotta imagine what's never been.”
 
 
3. I can tell you this much: the world is a great big log thrown on the fires of love.
 
 
4. “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.”
 
 
5.“There is nothing perfect,” August said from the doorway. “There is only life.”
 
 
 
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