“The only thing I wanted was for her to understand. Somebody to let out a big sigh and say, ‘You poor thing. I know how you feel.’ Given a choice, I preferred someone to understand my situation, even though she was helpless to fix it, rather than the other way around. But that’s just me.”

“The only thing I wanted was for her to understand. Somebody to let out a big sigh and say, ‘You poor thing. I know how you feel.’ Given a choice, I preferred someone to understand my situation, even though she was helpless to fix it, rather than the other way around. But that’s just me.”

— Sue Monk Kidd