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She left when I was five, though she’d pop in and out without pattern or warning, which made it hard to ever move on from her leaving in the first place.
“I think there’s something beautiful about being lucky enough to witness a thing on its way out.”
― A Psalm for the Wild-Built
― A Psalm for the Wild-Built
“I appreciate the intent. I really do. But if you don’t want to infringe upon my agency, let me have agency.”
― A Psalm for the Wild-Built
― A Psalm for the Wild-Built
“The wilderness was not known for letting the foolish return.”
― A Psalm for the Wild-Built
― A Psalm for the Wild-Built
“Similarly, when we denigrate our bodies—whether through neglect or staring at our faces and counting up our flaws—we are belittling a sacred site, a worship space more wonderous than the most glorious, ancient cathedral. We are standing before the Grand Canyon or the Sistine Chapel and rolling our eyes.”
― Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life
― Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life
“We’re all just trying to be comfortable, and well fed, and unafraid.”
― A Psalm for the Wild-Built
― A Psalm for the Wild-Built
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