When Women Were Birds

“Point Reyes is the earth’s long exhale—a place where tides pull at your soul and the wind carves its stories into your skin. Here you learn that strength comes from yielding: grasses bend, cedars sway, and the lighthouse stands firm only because it lets the storm do its work. To walk these trails is to remember how supple the human spirit can be when it surrenders to something far greater.”

— Terry Tempest Williams, from When Women Were Birds