Sophia Bauer

“One of my most favorite offerings comes from the Navajo (Diné) people: In beauty happily I walk. With beauty before me I walk. With beauty behind me I walk. With beauty below me I walk. With beauty above me I walk. With beauty all around me I walk.”
― Rainn Wilson, Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution

“To be alive: not just the carcass But the spark. That’s crudely put, but… If we’re not supposed to dance, Why all this music? —Gregory Orr”
― Rainn Wilson, Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution

“So desu ne,” she said, nodding, but keeping her back to me. “It’s true. You can’t do anything about those things.” “So of course I feel angry,” I said, angrily. “What do you expect? It was a stupid thing to ask.” “Yes,” she agreed. “It was a stupid thing to ask. I see that you’re angry. I don’t need to ask such a stupid thing to understand that.” “So why did you ask?” Slowly she turned herself around, pivoting on her knees, until finally she was facing me. “I asked for you,” she said. “For me?” “So you could hear the answer.”
― Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being

“An actual vulture turns death into feathers. An actual crow turns flesh into flight.”
― Margaret Renkl, The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year