"faith is the energy we use close the distance. To catch up, to not be alone, to stop running altogether."

"Religion changed into sunlight—something allowed to touch my face"

"The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love — whether we call it friendship or family or romance — is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other’s light."

Layli Long Soldier recommends:

"I don’t have 5 things. I have only 1 right now… Prayer."