

“You have to know when to prod and when to be quiet, when to let things take their course.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
― The Secret Life of Bees

“The world will give you that once in awhile, a brief timeout; the boxing bell rings and you go to your corner, where somebody dabs mercy on your beat-up life.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
― The Secret Life of Bees

“Every human being on the face of the earth has a steel plate in his head, but if you lie down now and then and get still as you can, it will slide open like elevator doors, letting in all the secret thoughts that have been standing around so patiently, pushing the button for a ride to the top. The real troubles in life happen when those hidden doors stay closed for too long.”
― 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

“After you get stung, you can't get unstung
no matter how much you whine about it.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
no matter how much you whine about it.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
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