“The library made me feel safe, as if every question had an answer and there was nothing to be afraid of, as… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“I think I'm more curious than I used to be - curious about why people live like they do and how they… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“I was stubborn like that, refusing to let my heart redefine how I operated. Looking back, there is a part of me… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“These days I find that I am happy enough in the same way that I am warm enough - the goal isn't… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“Books had rescued me when i most needed saving... Books were smarter than me and words inspired me... to try something new,… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“Ultimately, I hoped the tiny-house guy was similar to me: a sane person without a big agenda, who simply wanted a way… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“Whose idea was it that we should all get jobs, work faster, work better, race from place to place with our brains… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“I was thinking this was a great teaching moment, where they'd finally come to see that even something teeny-tiny can be big… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“Whatever you call me, my parents encouraged me to go to college and become a book lover, and to trust that I… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“I had no idea that "letting go" would be so complicated; that it would sometimes feel liberating and other times more sorrowful… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“Maybe is wasn't love so much as a fear of losing everything I'd accomplished. I was afraid to let go.” — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“The more I took note of how my body and brain clicked along through the day, the more I realized that I… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“Over time, I discovered that learning new things doesn't always liberate you. Instead it makes you wonder if your pants are on… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“We were taught not to offer or invite aid, because, like it or not, helping is a messy, confused proposition; sometimes you… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“I went to Guatemala to help build a school but left wondering what "help" would really look like... I hadn't prepared myself… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“I wanted to design the house around my body and my needs, instead of following the pattern that I'd fallen into in… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“I didn't do anything but sit quietly and pay attention to the fact that my hollow chest was still beating. I was… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“Perhaps the current state of my health should have raised a bright red caution flag, but instead it fired me up. I… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“The Internet is dumb. The Internet, with all its access to brain research, anthropology journals, social studies networks, and biographies and autobiographies,… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“I had worked my way through a thousand problems, like when the tar paper bulged on the corners so I used a… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“When I mentioned my early morning waking to the old witch down the street, she explained that this is the time the… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“That obstinate sense of independence was the biggest challenge I face in building my little house (that, and not always knowing what… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“Oddly, I found myself calmer than I'd been in a long while. Maybe it was simply because my muscles ached or maybe… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“he had kidded with us that if we didn't let go at the proper moment, he would slap our hands with a… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
