“The human heart is the first home of democracy. It is where we embrace our questions. Can we be equitable? Can we… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
To engage in civil disobedience is to feel the abundance of courage, the gratitude for a democracy that still invites us to… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
I still have great faith in democracy. I have great belief in the power of community. — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
We have to speak out now on behalf of our community and on behalf of the land and say they're the same… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
Thomas Berry calls the Ecozoic Era, a time when we recognize the imperative of caring for the planet as a means of… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
Well, we are Americans. I've always believed that you work with where you are - I am a Mormon woman who was… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
I was invited to give the Freshmen Convocation at Florida Gulf Coast University on October 24, 2004. My book The Open Space… — 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
