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Terry Tempest Williams

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What other species now require of us is our attention. Otherwise, we are entering a narrative of disappearing intelligences.


— Terry Tempest Williams


#disappearance #intelligence #language #narrative #beauty

Respect is primary.


— Terry Tempest Williams


#respect

I take a deep breath and sidestep my fear and begin speaking from the place where beauty and bravery meet--within the chambers of a quivering heart.


— Terry Tempest Williams


#beauty

Beauty is transformed over time, and not without destruction.


— Terry Tempest Williams


#death-to-life #destruction #redemption #sanctification #transformation

These handwritten words in the pages of my journal confirm that from an early age I have experienced each encounter in my life twice: once in the world, and once again on the page.


— Terry Tempest Williams


#age

If a man knew what a woman never forgets, he would love her differently.


— Terry Tempest Williams


#love

Water is nothing if not ingemination, an encore to the tenacity of life.


— Terry Tempest Williams


#water #life

CONVERSATION is the vehicle for change.


— Terry Tempest Williams


#conversation #change

When silence is a choice, it is an unnerving presence. When silence is imposed, it is censorship.


— Terry Tempest Williams


#censorship #silence #voice #censorship

There is an art to writing, and it is not always disclosure. The act itself can be beautiful, revelatory, and private.


— Terry Tempest Williams


#always #art #beautiful #disclosure #itself






About Terry Tempest Williams






Did you know about Terry Tempest Williams?

She also received the DistinguiTerry Tempest Williamsd Achievement Award from the Western American Literature Association and the Wallace Stegner Award given by The Center for the American West. and Melissa A. In 2006 Williams received the Robert Marshall Award from The Wilderness Society their highest honor given to an American citizen.

Williams’ writing is rooted in the American West and has been significantly influenced by the arid landscape of her native Utah and its Mormon culture. She is the recipient of a Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction and a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in creative nonfiction. For other people of the same name see Terry Williams.

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