Terry Tempest Williams

Famous quotes containing the words terry tempest williams, terry tempest, terry, tempest and/or williams:

    ... memory is the only way home.
    Terry Tempest Williams, U.S. author. As quoted in Listen to Their Voices, ch. 10, by Mickey Pearlman (1993)

    ... memory is the only way home.
    Terry Tempest Williams, U.S. author. As quoted in Listen to Their Voices, ch. 10, by Mickey Pearlman (1993)

    Eulogy is nice, but one does not learn anything from it.
    —Ellen Terry (1847–1928)

    The poet is like the prince of the clouds
    Who haunts the tempest and laughs at the archer;
    Exiled on the ground in the midst of jeers,
    His giant’s wings prevent him from walking.
    Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867)

    It haunts me, the passage of time. I think time is a merciless thing. I think life is a process of burning oneself out and time is the fire that burns you. But I think the spirit of man is a good adversary.
    —Tennessee Williams (1914–1983)