Jill Davis

“it is likely that his looting of mortuary temples, his planting of crosses on sacred mounds, and his humiliation of chiefs whose claims to divine status were literally brought to ground when he displaced them from the shoulders of their retainers and made them walk powerlessly through their domains, all dealt severe blows to the religious beliefs that held together Mississippian cultures and chiefdoms.43”
― Daniel K. Richter, Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America

“Well, perhaps we should move on. By the way, have I spelled your surname right here? ZARA: No. JIM: No? ZARA: But there’s a perfectly logical reason why you think it’s spelled that way. JIM: Oh? ZARA: It’s because of the simple fact that you’re an idiot. JIM: I’m sorry. Can you spell it out for me? ZARA: I-d-i-o-t. JIM: I meant your name? ZARA:”
― Fredrik Backman, Anxious People

“The Universal Intelligence responds when you are happy or courageous or even if you are just calm. It understands when you are grateful for the miracle of your existence and rushes to help you when you have a dream that helps other people. The Divine hears all the languages of the heart and beauty.”
― Mark T. Sullivan, The Last Green Valley

“2010, researchers from the Max Planck Institute spotted a chimpanzee at a wildlife trust in Zambia tucking a blade of grass in her ear for no apparent reason. Soon, other chimps started doing the same, continuing with the trend after she had died. Scientists described it as a “tradition.” And”
― Angela Saini, The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality