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To be whole. To be complete. Wildness reminds us what it means to be human, what we are connected to rather than what we are separate from.

To be whole. To be complete. Wildness reminds us what it means to be human, what we are connected to rather than what we are separate from.

Terry Tempest Williams
Nature, Mean, Science
Terry Tempest Williams (2008). “Red: Passion and Patience in the Desert”, p.75, Vintage

Our sense of community and compassionate intelligence must be extended to all life forms, plants, animals, rocks, rivers, and human beings. This is the story of our past and it will be the story of our future.

Terry Tempest Williams
Nature, Animal, Past
Terry Tempest Williams (2008). “Red: Passion and Patience in the Desert”, p.76, Vintage

If you know wilderness in the way that you know love, you would be unwilling to let it go.... This is the story of our past and it will be the story of our future.

Terry Tempest Williams
Nature, Future, Love You
Terry Tempest Williams (2008). “Red: Passion and Patience in the Desert”, p.76, Vintage

I think an erotics of place may be one of the reasons why environmentalists are seen as subversive. There is a backlash now:... [ellipsis in source] take all the regulations away; weaken existing legislation; the endangered species act is too severe, too restrictive; let there be carte blanche for real-estate developers. Because if we really have to confront wildness, solitude, and serenity, both the fierceness and compassionate nature of the land, then we ultimately have to confront it in ourselves, and it's easier to be numb, to be distracted, to be disengaged.

Terry Tempest Williams
Nature, Real, Thinking

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