429 Quotes by Terry Tempest Williams

Shards of glass can cut and wound or magnify a vision.

John Lilly suggests whales are a culture maintained by oral traditions. Stories. The experience of an individual whale is valuable to the survival of its community. I think of my family stories-Mother's in particular-how much I need them now, how much I will need them later. It has been said when an individual dies, whole worlds die with them. The same could be said of each passing whale.

Each voice is distinct and has something to say. Each voice deserves to be heard. But it requires the act of listening.

The heart is the path to wisdom because it dares to be vulnerable in the presence of power

Story is a sacred visualization, a way of echoing experience.

The climate change movement is a river overflowing seeping into every nook and cranny.

Our correspondences have wings - paper birds that fly from my house to yours - flocks of ideas crisscrossing the country. Once opened, a connection is made. We are not alone in the world.

A trip to the hospital is always a descent into the macabre. I have never trusted a place with shiny floors.

I think we have powerful role-models among us in the American West. Certainly the Hopis, a timeless civilization that understands sustainability and what that means about living in harmony, in tandem with the natural world. We have much to learn from them, and they will survive us, I feel certain about that.