"The Secret Life of Bees"

"«I was wondering -» I stopped, looking for a way to ask her.
«You were wondering if there was ever a time when I almost got married.»
«Yeah,» I said. «I guess I was.»
«I decided against marrying altogether. There were enough restrictions in my life without someone expecting me to wait on him hand and foot. Not that I'm against marrying, Lily. I'm just against how it's set up.»
(...)
«Weren't you ever in love?» I asked.
«Being in love and getting married, now, that's two different things. I was in love once, of course I was. Nobody should go through life without falling in love.»
«But you didn't love him enough to marry him?»
She smiled at me. «I loved him enough,» she said. «I just loved my freedom more.»

(...)

She laughed again. «You know, some things don't matter much, Lily. Like the color of a house. How big is that in the overall scheme of life? But lifting a person's heart - now, that matters. The whole problem with people is - »
«They don't know what matters and what doesn't,» I said, filling her sentence and feeling proud of myself for doing so.
«I was gonna say, The problem is they know what matters, but they don't choose it. You know how hard that is, Lily? I love May, but it was still so hard to choose Caribbean Pink. The hardest thing on earth is choosing what matters.»"

(...)

«You've been halfway living your life too long. MAy was saying that when it's time to die, go ahead and die, and when it's time to live, live. Don't sort-of-maybe live, but live like you're going all out, like you're not afraid.»

"The Secret Life of Bees", Sue Monk Kidd

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