In the early 1800s, religion was often used as a way to keep slavery in place. Slaves were forced to attend the church of their owners, listen to selective dogma that kept them obedient and subservient. Sue Monk Kidd 1800sattendchurch share on social
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 beehouseincredible Change image and share on social
I like to have a title before I start writing. Sue Monk Kidd starttitlewrite Change image and share on social
My stories have a deep spiritual core because I have a deep desire to understand things of the spirit, but yet I don't think I've written these stories from any kind of specific religious agenda because I don't think that would work. Sue Monk Kidd agendumcoredeep share on social
I knew from reading about Sarah Grimke that she'd been given a handmaid to be her personal slave and that her name was Hetty. The only other fact I knew about her was that Sarah taught her to read: They conspired in a very subversive way, by locking the door and screening the keyhole. Sue Monk Kidd conspiredoorfact share on social
I think the word 'freedom' is beautiful, not so much in its phonics, but just in the power of the word itself. Sue Monk Kidd beautifulfreedomphonic Change image and share on social
Sometimes I was so busy being tuned in to outside ideas, expectations, and demands, I failed to hear the unique music in my soul. I forfeited my ability to listen creatively to my deepest self, to my own God within. Sue Monk Kidd abilitybusycreatively share on social
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 lifememoirnarrative Change image and share on social
As an adolescent, I went to charm school, where I learned to pour tea and relate to boys, which, as I recall, meant giving them the pickle jar to unscrew, whether it was too hard for me or not. Sue Monk Kidd adolescentboycharm Change image and share on social
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 balconychairday Change image and share on social
