Will Galen

“The end was contained in the beginning. But”
― George Orwell, 1984

“Susanoo-no-Mikoto plucked one of the hairs from his beard and transformed it into a sugi tree. Then he plucked a hair from his breast and turned it into a cypress tree. He took one from his buttock and turned that into a black pine tree, and one from his eyebrow, which he turned into a laurel.”
― Qing Li, Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness

“Down one branch, she lifts the glass to her lips, toasts the room—To Tachigali versicolor—and drinks.”
― Richard Powers, The Overstory

“the words of an ancient Jewish prayer: “Blessed art Thou, Lord God of the Universe, that you have brought us alive to see this day.”
― Elaine Pagels, Why Religion?: A Personal Story