Lily Owens Quotes From The Secret Life Of Bees

Lily Owens, the protagonist in The Secret Life of Bees goes through various challenges: learning what truly occurred on the day of Deborah’s passing, what family, in general, is , who was truly family to Lily and more. As Sue brought readers through the tale of one motherless daughter’s discovery of what family really means and of the strange and wondrous places some find love, the audience is quick to see the vast development from youth to maturity Lily had. The different Lily emerges towards the end of the novel, where she sees what her mother saw,

Forgiveness, that is all Lily asked for from her mother; to tell Lily that is was not her fault and to kiss her skin till it grew chapped. It seemed to be the main thing that occupied her mind.

The details were all Lily had left of her mother, a mother who loved her, without doubt. Deborah was the subject of each and every conversation. Every aspect of Deborah was perfect: beautiful, luscious hair, and her smile. There was nothing that could change how Deborah was, in her mind, up until T.Ray uttered the unthinkable, “The woman could have cared less about you.” …. “your sorry mother ran off and left you.” …. “She came back to get her things, that’s

Ray, ( about the truth about Deborah; whether she came for Lily or for her clothes) was a step towards maturity. With the pressure that is present within the room, the lack of love, the hatred expanding and more , Lily sees it as a way that lets him know what she has seen, learned, and earned there. And THAT, that is point where most sees a shift within the stages, seeing that she would not have experienced anything back in Sylvan and that she truly belonged there. “I'm staying here,”...“I'm not leaving.” The words hung there, hard and gleaming. Like a pearls I'd seen fashioning down inside my belly for weeks.” … “I know them,” I said. “ August Boatwright is a good person.” (Kidd 296,