I grew up in a culture in which it was a sin for a woman to speak out. — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
“I have inherited a belief in community, the promise that a gathering of the spirit can both create and change culture.” — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I feel that within the Mormon culture there is a tremendous amount of fear - of women's voices, of questioning of authority,… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
There are things within the culture that absolutely enrage me, and for me it is sacred rage. But it's not just peculiar… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
John Lilly suggests whales are a culture maintained by oral traditions. Stories. The experience of an individual whale is valuable to the… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
The creative process ignites our imagination, and I believe that that same imagination is what will propel us forward with issues of… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
I admire how she protects her energy and understands her limitations. — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
Buddha says there are two kinds of suffering: the kind that leads to more suffering and the kind that brings an end to suffering. — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
I wonder how, among the Fremont, mothers and daughters shared their world. Did they walk side by side along the lake edge? What stories… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
I believe the personal is the collective. One of the ironies of writing memoir is in using the "I" it becomes an alchemical "we."… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
“I write to discover. I write to uncover. I write to meet my ghosts... I write because it is dangerous, a bloody risk, like… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
“I write to make peace with the things I cannot control. I write to create red in a world that often appears black and… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
I have spoken about what we can do as citizens, what we can do as a responsive citizenry, and this is where we have… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
The moment Eve bit into the apple, her eyes opened and she became free. She exposed the truth of what every woman knows: to… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
I accept the Organic Trinity of Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal with as much authority as I accept the Holy Trinity. Both are sacred. — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
Good writing must stay open to the questions and not fall prey to the pull of a polemic, otherwise, words simply become predictable, sentimental,… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
“I believe we must do things in our lives for the right reasons, because we enjoy doing them, with no expectation of getting something… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
