

“All my life I've thought I needed someone to complete me, now I know I need to belong to myself.”
― The Mermaid Chair
― The Mermaid Chair

“If you need something from somebody always give that person a way to hand it to you.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
― The Secret Life of Bees

“In a weird way I must have loved my little collection of hurts and wounds. They provided me with some real nice sympathy, with the feeling I was exceptional...What a special case I was.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
― The Secret Life of Bees

“There's a frightful muteness that dwells at the center of all unspeakable things, and I had found my way into it.”
― The Invention of Wings
― The Invention of Wings
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