Terry Tempest Williams

I will never be able to say what is in my heart because words fail us, because it is in our nature to protect, because there are times when what is public and what is private must be discerned.

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These are some quotes by American author Terry Tempest Williams Author, who was born on September 8, 1955.

Quotes by Terry Tempest Williams

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

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

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

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