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 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
When Pico [Iyer] talks about home being a place of isolation, I think he's right. But it's the paradox. I think that's… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
I can only tell where I feel most at home, which is in the erosional landscape of the red rock desert of… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
For me, it always comes back to the land, respecting the land, the wildlife, the plants, the rivers, mountains, and deserts, the… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
Tortoise steps, slow steps, four steps like a tank with a tail dragging in the sand. Tortoise steps, land based, land locked,… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
If the desert is holy, it is because it is a forgotten place that allows us to remember the sacred. Perhaps that… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
It's strange how deserts turn us into believers. I believe in walking in a landscape of mirages, because you learn humility. I… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
When I'm standing in the middle of the salt flats, where you swear that the pupils of your eyes have turned white… — 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
![“When Pico [Iyer] talks about home being a place of isolation, I think he's right. But it's the paradox. I think that's why I so love Great Salt Lake. Every day when I look out at that lake, I think, "Ah, paradox" - a body of water than no one can drink. It's the liquid lie of the desert. But I…” quote by Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/91c/terry-tempest-williams-835_bodies-of-water_when-pico-iyer-talks-about-home-being-a_1766926.jpg)
