By words

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By words our thoughts are given wings.

Glenn Dixon, Pilgrim in the Place of Words: A Journey Through the 6,000 Languages of Earth

Stories

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The only thing that keeps us from floating off with the wind is our stories. They give us a name and put us in a place, allow us to keep on touching.

Tom Spanbauer

We

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We fly; we dream in darkness; we devour heaven in bites too small to be measured.

Rebecca Solnit, A Field Guide to Getting Lost