“ The birds and I share a natural history. It is a matter of rootedness, of living inside a place for so long that the mind and imagination fuse. Terry Tempest Williams
“ Shards of glass can cut and wound or magnify a vision. Mosaic celebrates brokenness and the beauty of being brought together Terry Tempest Williams
“ People talk about medium. What is your medium? My medium as a writer has been dirt, clay, sand--what I could touch, hold, stand on, and stand for--Earth. My medium has been Earth. Earth in corresponde… Terry Tempest Williams
“ I personally have seen flamingos throughout the state of Utah perched proudly on lawns and in the gravel gardens of trailer courts. These flamingos, of course, are not Phoenicopterus ruber, but pink,… Terry Tempest Williams
“ Wilderness is not a place of privilege, but rather a place of probity, where the evolutionary processes of life are free to continue. Terry Tempest Williams
“ What was it like when your mother passed away? I asked Mimi. I was twenty-eight years old. I had just given birth to John when I found out Mother had died from a stomach ulcer. A sudden infection. She… Terry Tempest Williams
“ Terry, to keep hoping for life in the midst of letting go is to rob me of the moment I am in. Terry Tempest Williams
“ Our institutions and agencies are no longer working for us. It is time to reimagine the wilderness movement as a movement of direct action, time to reimagine our public lands as sanctuaries, refuges,… Terry Tempest Williams
“ Mother had one quilt square made by a friend of hers framed, and hung it in her bathroom, where she saw it first thing in the morning. When I asked her why this mattered, she said, It represents how w… Terry Tempest Williams
“ I want my life to be a celebration of slowness.Walking through the sage from our front door, I am gradually drawn into the well-worn paths of deer. They lead me to Round Mountain and the bloodred side… Terry Tempest Williams
“ I think about , who said that it's the questions that move us, not the answers. As a writer I believe it is our task, our responsibility, to hold the mirror up to social injustices that we see and to… Terry Tempest Williams
“ I received my first tutorial on voice. Each of us has one. Each voice is distinct and has something to say. Each voice deserves to be heard. But it requires the act of listening. Terry Tempest Williams
“ I could walk forever with beauty. Our steps are not measured in miles but in the amount of time we are pulled forward by awe. This is another gift from our national parks, to be led by the vistas, to… Terry Tempest Williams
“ I believe that when we are fully present, we not only live well, we live well for others. Terry Tempest Williams
“ Humility is born in wildness. We are not protecting grizzlies from extinction; they are protecting us from the extinction of experience as we engage with a world beyond ourselves. The very presence of… Terry Tempest Williams
“ Awe is the moment when ego surrenders to wonder. This is our inheritance - the beauty before us. We cry. We cry out. There is nothing sentimental about facing the desert bare. It is a terrifying beaut… Terry Tempest Williams
“ And so we polish our own lives, creating landscapes and canyons and peaks with the very silt we try to avoid, the dirt we disavow or hide or deny. It is the dirt of our lives—the depressions, the loss… Terry Tempest Williams
“ Writing becomes an act of compassion toward life, the life we so often refuse to see because if we look too closely or feel too deeply, there may be no end to our suffering. But words empower us, move… Terry Tempest Williams
“ Wilderness is not a place of isolation but contemplation. Refuge. Refugees.....Wilderness is a knife that cuts through pretense and exposes fear. Even in remote country, you cannot escape your mind. Terry Tempest Williams
