Terry Tempest Williams Quotations | Page 3

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

Lanscape shapes culture.

I come from a culture that embodies the need to convert others to "the truth." The Mormon Church has one of the largest missionary programs in the world. That does not interest me.

A mother and daughter are an edge. Edges are ecotones, transitional zones, places of danger or opportunity. House-dwelling tension. When I stand on the edge of the land and sea, I feel this tension, this fluid line of transition. High tide. Low tide. It is the sea's reach and retreat that reminds me we have been human for only a very short time.

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

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

CONVERSATION is the vehicle for change.

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.