“I cannot walk under the wires. The sparrows scatter like handfuls of gravel. Really, wires are voices in thin strips. They are words wound in cables. Bars of connection.” VoiceWalksConnectionsWoundsBarsWireHandfulCablesSparrowsGravel Book:In the Heart of the Heart of the Country & Other Stories Source: In the Heart of the Heart of the Country & Other Stories
“I wonder, What is it to be human? Especially now that we are so urban. How do we remember our connection with place? What is the umbilical cord that roots us to that primal, instinctive, erotic place? Every time I walk to the edge of this continent and feel the sand beneath my feet, feel the seafoam move up my body, I think, "Ah, yes, evolution." It's there, we just forget.” ThinkingFeelsHumansBodyRememberMovingWalksForgetWonderFeetEvolutionRootsConnectionsEdgesSandContinentsUrbanEroticPrimalCordsUmbilical Cord Author:Terry Tempest Williams
“When you hug someone you want it to be a masterpiece of connection, the way the button on his coat will leave the imprint of a planet in my cheek when I walk away.” WayWantWalksPlanetsConnectionsCheeksHugButtonsCoatsMasterpiece Book:Willingly: Poems Source: Willingly: Poems