Samantha Heder

“Wisdom is not bestowed. In its raw state, it is the heartbreak of knowing things you wish you didn't.”
― Angeline Boulley, Firekeeper’s Daughter

“Inaction is a powerful choice”
― Angeline Boulley, Firekeeper’s Daughter

“My grief says that I dared to love, that I allowed another to enter the very core of my being and find a home in my heart. Grief is akin to praise; it is how the soul recounts the depth to which someone has touched our lives. To love is to accept the rites of grief.”
― Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief

“If the concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving. If God cannot do this, then it is time we got rid of Him.”
― James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time