He Should Have Told the Bees Quotes

“She’d probably be working her whole life long to trust imperfect humanity with the same, but ever since that night, no matter how dire her situation, if she simply looked up to that light breaking through the night, she was reminded that she was never as alone as she felt.”
― Amanda Cox, He Should Have Told the Bees: A Novel

“Callie never had trouble seeing the dust particles infiltrating her life. Luke always saw the sunshine.”
― Amanda Cox, He Should Have Told the Bees

“Healing is like an onion. It might feel like you’re going in circles, but you’re actually discovering new layers.”
― Amanda Cox, He Should Have Told the Bees

“Luke's crepuscular rays....
Callie pointed up. "Do you see those rays? People call them the hand of God. Proof of miracle sightings. Do you know what makes them? Just light on dust, Beck. Thinking of Luke, she said, "If that's not a miracle, that light can make something so common as dust beautiful, then I don't know what is.”
― Amanda Cox, He Should Have Told the Bees

“It seemed the fate of Walsh Farm was now in the determined hands of a sassy sock alien.”
― Amanda Cox, He Should Have Told the Bees

“If she could stack up all the hurt in the world and sort the kind inflicted with malicious intent from the hurt inflicted by carelessness, how would the two compare? Was there really any difference when the result was the same?”
― Amanda Cox, He Should Have Told the Bees: A Novel

“There’s so much beauty here. So much peace. All the rush and striving out there in the real world just seems to cease.”
― Amanda Cox, He Should Have Told the Bees: A Novel

“It's possible for treasured things to come out of the brokenness.”
― Amanda Cox, He Should Have Told the Bees

“That's how horses greet each other. They breathe each other's air.”
― Amanda Cox, He Should Have Told the Bees

“Some horses bite and some bees sting. But most don't if you don't give them a reason to.”
― Amanda Cox, He Should Have Told the Bees

“There was something about feeling the cool earth beneath her feet that always settled her soul.”
― Amanda Cox, He Should Have Told the Bees

“Luke's crepuscular rays.
Callie pointed up. "Do you see those rays? People call them the hand of God. Proof of miracle sightings. Do you know what makes them? Just light on dust, Beck. Thinking of Luke, she said, "If that's not a miracle, that light can make something so common as dust beautiful, then I don't know what is.”
― Amanda Cox, He Should Have Told the Bees

“She wasn't exactly hankering to pack her bags and set out on a grand adventure, but there was still time to choose a life with fewer walls. If she let more people into her world, might it help her learn how to step into theirs?”
― Amanda Cox, He Should Have Told the Bees