Terry Tempest Williams

I write as a witness to what I have seen.

— Terry Tempest Williams

Democracy is an insecure landscape.

— Terry Tempest Williams

“words are much stronger than I am.”

— Terry Tempest Williams

Lanscape shapes culture.

— Terry Tempest Williams

I love the interrelatedness of things.

— Terry Tempest Williams

Grief dares us to love once more.

— Terry Tempest Williams

If you waste water, you die.

— Terry Tempest Williams

The mind creates those things that exist.

— Terry Tempest Williams

Stories have the power to create social change and inspire community.

— Terry Tempest Williams

Beauty is transformed over time, and not without destruction.

— Terry Tempest Williams

Word by word, the language of women so often begins with a whisper.

— Terry Tempest Williams

Dying doesn't cause suffering. Resistance to dying does.

— Terry Tempest Williams

Blind obedience in the name of patriotism or religion ultimately takes our lives.

— Terry Tempest Williams

Finding beauty in a broken world is creating beauty in the world we find.

— Terry Tempest Williams

Hope is not attached to outcomes but is a state of mind.

— Terry Tempest Williams

I think the whole idea of home is central to who we are as human beings.

— Terry Tempest Williams

Faith is not about finding meaning in the world, there may be no such thing -- faith is the belief in our…

— Terry Tempest Williams

In the early days of the Mormon Church, stewardship toward the land was a priority. It was a matter of survival in…

— Terry Tempest Williams

What other species now require of us is our attention. Otherwise, we are entering a narrative of disappearing intelligences.

— Terry Tempest Williams

Greed says there is never enough. Abundance says there is more than enough. Greed closes the door behind itself. Abundance opens the…

— Terry Tempest Williams

I believe the personal is the collective. One of the ironies of writing memoir is in using the "I" it becomes an…

— Terry Tempest Williams

I believe that when we are fully present, we not only live well, we live well for others.

— Terry Tempest Williams

The Eyes of the Future are looking back at us and they are praying for us to see beyond our own time.

— Terry Tempest Williams

WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES when we go against our instincts? What are the consequences of not speaking out? What are the consequences…

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Story is a relationship between the teller and the listener, a responsibility. After the listening you become accountable for the sacred knowledge…

— Terry Tempest Williams

Each horizon, each place holds its own evolutionary power be it the prairie or the plateaus, the mountains or the marshes at…

— Terry Tempest Williams

The only thing I have done religiously in my life is keep a journal. I have hundreds of them, filled with feathers,…

— Terry Tempest Williams

I come from a culture that embodies the need to convert others to "the truth." The Mormon Church has one of the…

— Terry Tempest Williams

I have inherited a belief in community, the promise that a gathering of the spirit can both create and change culture. In…

— Terry Tempest Williams

I know, that Rilke quote - "Beauty is the beginning of terror" - I think about that a lot. It's that realization…

— Terry Tempest Williams

Community is extremely intimate. When we talk about humor, I love that you know when you're home because there is laughter in…

— Terry Tempest Williams

In Utah alone, ten million acres are open for business. Their policy is not about the public or the public's best interest.…

— Terry Tempest Williams

I think it could be argued that I am not heard, in the broadest sense. That is not my concern. My concern,…

— Terry Tempest Williams

I wonder, What is it to be human? Especially now that we are so urban. How do we remember our connection with…

— Terry Tempest Williams

I have felt the pain that arises from a recognition of beauty, pain we hold when we remember what we are connected…

— Terry Tempest Williams

“I think about Rilke , who said that it's the questions that move us, not the answers. As a writer I believe…

— Terry Tempest Williams

Each of us contributes our own piece to the whole, each in our own way, each in our own time with the…

— Terry Tempest Williams

“I've been thinking about what it means to bear witness. The past ten years I've been bearing witness to death, bearing witness…

— Terry Tempest Williams

The middle path makes me wary. . . . But in the middle of my life, I am coming to see the…

— Terry Tempest Williams

This is an incredibly creative time. It is a difficult time. It is a disparaging time. A time of cultural and global…

— Terry Tempest Williams