--- title: "16 Land Quotes By Terry Tempest Williams" description: "16 Land quotes by Terry Tempest Williams. Plus more from Terry Tempest Williams and more Land sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/457/terry-tempest-williams-835_culture_lanscape-shapes-culture-1539504_1539504.png" --- > [Lanscape shapes culture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/lanscape-shapes-culture/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/457/terry-tempest-williams-835_culture_lanscape-shapes-culture-1539504_1539504.png) > [I think our lack of intimacy with the land has initiated a lack of intimacy with each other. What we perceive as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/i-think-our-lack-of-intimacy-with-the-land-has-initiated-a-lack-of/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/901/terry-tempest-williams-835_direct_i-think-our-lack-of-intimacy-with-the-la_2924150.png) > [“How we treat our land, how we build upon it, how we act toward our air and water, in the long run,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/how-we-treat-our-land-how-we-build-upon-it-how-we-act-toward-our-air/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb6/terry-tempest-williams-835_conservation_how-we-treat-our-land-how-we-build-upon_1363076.png) > [I think that the only thing that can bring us into a place of fullness is being out in the land with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/i-think-that-the-only-thing-that-can-bring-us-into-a-place-of/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/838/terry-tempest-williams-835_fullness_i-think-that-the-only-thing-that-can-bri_2874078.png) > [In the early days of the Mormon Church, stewardship toward the land was a priority. It was a matter of survival in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/in-the-early-days-of-the-mormon-church-stewardship-toward-the-land/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea3/terry-tempest-williams-835_church_in-the-early-days-of-the-mormon-church-s_480334.png) > [The choices and decisions we make in terms of how we use the land ultimately affect our very DNA. Environmental issues are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/the-choices-and-decisions-we-make-in-terms-of-how-we-use-the-land/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb1/terry-tempest-williams-835_choices_the-choices-and-decisions-we-make-in-ter_1525818.png) > [Tortoise steps, slow steps, four steps like a tank with a tail dragging in the sand. Tortoise steps, land based, land locked,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/tortoise-steps-slow-steps-four-steps-like-a-tank-with-a-tail-dragging/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15e/terry-tempest-williams-835_art_tortoise-steps-slow-steps-four-steps-lik_2436048.png) > [For me, it always comes back to the land, respecting the land, the wildlife, the plants, the rivers, mountains, and deserts, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/for-me-it-always-comes-back-to-the-land-respecting-the-land-the-2/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d94/terry-tempest-williams-835_absolutes_for-me-it-always-comes-back-to-the-land_2016731.png) > [A mother and daughter are an edge. Edges are ecotones, transitional zones, places of danger or opportunity. House-dwelling tension. When I stand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/a-mother-and-daughter-are-an-edge-edges-are-ecotones-transitional/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f95/terry-tempest-williams-835_children_a-mother-and-daughter-are-an-edge-edges_123925.png) > [Our family has made its livelihood from the land, digging trenches for hundreds of miles cross-country. You could say this is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/our-family-has-made-its-livelihood-from-the-land-digging-trenches-for/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cb/terry-tempest-williams-835_community_our-family-has-made-its-livelihood-from_3168914.jpg) > [We have to speak out now on behalf of our community and on behalf of the land and say they're the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/we-have-to-speak-out-now-on-behalf-of-our-community-and-on-behalf-of/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb0/terry-tempest-williams-835_behalf_we-have-to-speak-out-now-on-behalf-of-ou_1973913.jpg) > [It is time for us to take off our masks, to step out from behind our personas - whatever they might be:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/it-is-time-for-us-to-take-off-our-masks-to-step-out-from-behind-our/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/951/terry-tempest-williams-835_activist_it-is-time-for-us-to-take-off-our-masks_1003469.jpg) > [I think an erotics of place may be one of the reasons why environmentalists are seen as subversive. There is a backlash…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/i-think-an-erotics-of-place-may-be-one-of-the-reasons-why/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/821/terry-tempest-williams-835_backlash_i-think-an-erotics-of-place-may-be-one-o_2760232.png) > [It's strange how deserts turn us into believers. I believe in walking in a landscape of mirages, because you learn humility. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/it-s-strange-how-deserts-turn-us-into-believers-i-believe-in-walking/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a08/terry-tempest-williams-835_believe_it-s-strange-how-deserts-turn-us-into-be_2544971.jpg) > [We are contemporary citizens living in a technological world. Swimming in crosscultural waters can be dangerous, and if you are honest you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/we-are-contemporary-citizens-living-in-a-technological-world-swimming/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/840/terry-tempest-williams-835_citizens_we-are-contemporary-citizens-living-in-a_1652101.png) > [I feel we have to begin standing our ground in the places we love. I think that we have to demand that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/i-feel-we-have-to-begin-standing-our-ground-in-the-places-we-love-i/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d84/terry-tempest-williams-835_children_i-feel-we-have-to-begin-standing-our-gro_1829543.jpg) ## Other authors on Land ## More by Terry Tempest Williams > [I admire how she protects her energy and understands her limitations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/i-admire-how-she-protects-her-energy-and-understands-her-limitations/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/) > [Buddha says there are two kinds of suffering: the kind that leads to more suffering and the kind that brings an end to suffering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/buddha-says-there-are-two-kinds-of-suffering-the-kind-that-leads-to/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/) > [I wonder how, among the Fremont, mothers and daughters shared their world. Did they walk side by side along the lake edge? What stories…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/i-wonder-how-among-the-fremont-mothers-and-daughters-shared-their/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 alchemical "we."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/i-believe-the-personal-is-the-collective-one-of-the-ironies-of/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/) > [“I write to discover. I write to uncover. I write to meet my ghosts... I write because it is dangerous, a bloody risk, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/i-write-to-discover-i-write-to-uncover-i-write-to-meet-my-ghosts-i/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/) > [“I write to make peace with the things I cannot control. I write to create red in a world that often appears black and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/i-write-to-make-peace-with-the-things-i-cannot-control-i-write-to/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/) > [Hope is not attached to outcomes but is a state of mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/hope-is-not-attached-to-outcomes-but-is-a-state-of-mind/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/) > [I have spoken about what we can do as citizens, what we can do as a responsive citizenry, and this is where we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/i-have-spoken-about-what-we-can-do-as-citizens-what-we-can-do-as-a/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/) > [The moment Eve bit into the apple, her eyes opened and she became free. She exposed the truth of what every woman knows: to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/the-moment-eve-bit-into-the-apple-her-eyes-opened-and-she-became-free/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/) > [I accept the Organic Trinity of Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal with as much authority as I accept the Holy Trinity. Both are sacred.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/i-accept-the-organic-trinity-of-mineral-vegetable-and-animal-with-as/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/) > [Good writing must stay open to the questions and not fall prey to the pull of a polemic, otherwise, words simply become predictable, sentimental,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/good-writing-must-stay-open-to-the-questions-and-not-fall-prey-to-the/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/) > [“I believe we must do things in our lives for the right reasons, because we enjoy doing them, with no expectation of getting something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/i-believe-we-must-do-things-in-our-lives-for-the-right-reasons/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/) > [A mother and daughter are an edge. Edges are ecotones, transitional zones, places of danger or opportunity. House-dwelling tension. When I stand on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/a-mother-and-daughter-are-an-edge-edges-are-ecotones-transitional/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/) > [“To be read. To be heard. To be seen. I want to be read, I want to be heard. I don't need to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/to-be-read-to-be-heard-to-be-seen-i-want-to-be-read-i-want-to-be/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/the-eyes-of-the-future-are-looking-back-at-us-and-they-are-praying/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/land/terry-tempest-williams/#itemlist", "name": "16 Land Quotes By Terry Tempest Williams", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Lanscape shapes culture.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Terry Tempest Williams" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/lanscape-shapes-culture/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/457/terry-tempest-williams-835_culture_lanscape-shapes-culture-1539504_1539504.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/457/terry-tempest-williams-835_culture_lanscape-shapes-culture-1539504_1539504.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/457/terry-tempest-williams-835_culture_lanscape-shapes-culture-1539504_1539504.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Lanscape shapes culture.” — Terry Tempest Williams", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think our lack of intimacy with the land has initiated a lack of intimacy with each other. 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