Quotes by Terry Tempest Williams

About Terry Tempest Williams:

Terry Tempest Williams is an American author, conservationist and activist. 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. Her work ranges from issues of ecology and wilderness preservation, to women's health, to exploring our relationship to culture and nature.
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WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES when we go against our instincts? What are the consequences of not speaking out? What are the consequences of guilt, shame, and doubt?

Terry Tempest Williams

What is evolution if not creative adaptation and the progression of our own souls?

Terry Tempest Williams

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

Women piece together their lives from the scraps left over for them.

Terry Tempest Williams

Not everything is meant for all to hear.

Terry Tempest Williams

When I said, “I am my mother, but I’m not,” I was saying my path would be my own.

Terry Tempest Williams

For far too long we have been seduced into walking a path that did not lead us to ourselves. For far too long we have said yes when we wanted to say no. And for far too long we have said no when we desperately wanted to say yes. . . . When we don't l...

Terry Tempest Williams

When I look in the mirror, I see a woman with secrets. When we don’t listen to our intuition, we abandon our souls. And we abandon our souls because we are afraid if we don’t, others will abandon us.

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Word by word, the language of women so often begins with a whisper.

Terry Tempest Williams

Most of all, differences of opinion are opportunities for learning.

Terry Tempest Williams

A shadow is never created in darkness. It is born of light. We can be blind to it and blinded by it. Our shadow asks us to look at what we don't want to see. If we refuse to face our shadow, it will project itself on someone else so we have no choice...

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the unexpected action of deep listening can create a space of transformation capable of shattering complacency and despair.

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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.

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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

We mask our needs as the needs of others.

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Mythmaking is the evolutionary enterprise of translating truths.

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Myths have a way of bringing what is unconscious to the surface and putting a face on what we cannot see.

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If so, then it was also here where I came to know I can survive what hurts. I believed in my capacity to stand back up and run into the waves again and again, no matter the risk.

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Finding one’s voice is a process of finding one’s passion.

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

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Here is the world. It is not a safe place, but however frightening and bewildering life may become, we can survive our fears, grab them by the wolf ’s tail as Peter did, and make peace with the world.

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Author Bio

  • NameTerry Tempest Williams
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • BornSeptember 8, 1955
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship