Crystal Hurd

“Books have formed the soul of me. I know that spiritual formation is of God, but I also know—mainly because I learned it from books—that there are other kinds of formation, too, everyday gifts, and that God uses the things of this earth to teach us and shape us, and to help us find truth.”
― Karen Swallow Prior, Booked: Literature in the Soul of Me

“Earth is so thick with divine possibility that it is a wonder we can walk anywhere without cracking our shins on altars.”
― Barbara Brown Taylor, An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith

“At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.”
― Frida Kahlo

“We are surrounded by story.”
― Alice McDermott