“For me, the idea of living small has always involved being curious - taking a look at how my day-to-day is connected… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“Letting go of "stuff" allowed the world to collapse behind me as I moved, so I became nothing more or less than… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“I've never been good with asking for help; it seems risky, but at some point when things are really dicey, your stubbornness… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“If more people understood how nice it is to have a sense of home that extends past our locked doors, past our… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“My friends stood on the ground two feet below me, and miles away from understanding why I would want to sleep on… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I worry that I'll slide back into the mindless rotisserie of work and projects that guided me in my old house...… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“Those are the days that most remind me of my old life in my big house where I'd charge around and act… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“Over time, I realized I wasn't necessarily seeing people or things at their best or worst; instead, I was simply seeing things… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“I took a deep, overly exaggerated breath, the sort of over-the-top gesture that was filmed for commercials about scented laundry detergent, but… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“I imagined that a better world would be less complicated, less involved, and with less need to mass produce doorknobs and lock… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“The space reminded me of the small hay-bale clubhouses and scrap-wood tree forts that my brothers and I had made as kids… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“I wanted to say a lot but wasn't sure where to start; people don't want to hear about how your heart has… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“I recognized that I was small and soft; I wanted to believe in people - that they were kind and good, and… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“I never saw this coming - the little house was working its magic, connecting me to people and materials I never would… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“I felt like a champion because I was figuring shit out. I was a doer and a getter-doner, and it was okay… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“I thought: This is what the living do. And I swooned at the ordinary nature of the task and myself, at my… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“The library made me feel safe, as if every question had an answer and there was nothing to be afraid of, as long 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 make sense… — 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 that wants… — 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 bliss or… — 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, charge forward… — 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 to make… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“I had turned myself inside out working on the house, and had come to love it; at least, I supposed I loved it. Maybe… — 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 stewing on… — 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 enough.” — 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 could do… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
“I might wake up when the rain starts or stops, when it shifts direction or rolls alongside the house like a tumbleweed, and if… — 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 and lonely.… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
