Terry Tempest Williams

I have inherited a belief in community, the promise that a gathering of the spirit can both create and change culture. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#change

Did I have the courage to forge a path ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#bravery #courage #forge-a-path #courage

I was not rebelling by smoking dope or drinking, I was testing ideas. I was experimenting with voice, what I could say and still be heard in an atmosphere of prescribed truths. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#testing-ideas #experience

Listening over and over to the voices through a family of instruments allowed us to recognize and appreciate the dignity and uniqueness of each living thing in the meadow and forest. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#listening #music #peter-the-wolf #story #voice

But harboring regrets is making love to the past, and there is no movement here. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#love

There are two important days in a woman's life: the day she is born and the day she finds out why. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#inspirational #women #inspirational

The only book worth writing is the book that threatens to kill you. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#kill #only #threatens #worth #writing

I grew up in a culture in which it was a sin for a woman to speak out. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#grew #i #out #sin #speak

As a writer, I have learned that each time I pick up my pencil I betray someone. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#each #i #i have learned #learned #pencil

When I write, I put one foot in front of the other. It's an act of faith. I just follow my heart. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#faith #follow #foot #front #heart