I think community is a shared history, it's a shared experience. It's not always agreement. In fact, I … - Terry Tempest Williams

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Nothing's as easy as it is on a sitcom. Issues that we take care of in 20 minutes on the show can stretch out over years in real families.

Terry Tempest Williams

I think community is a shared history, it's a shared experience. It's not always agreement. In fact, I think that often it isn't. It's the commitment, again, to stay with something - to go the duration. You can't walk away. It's like a marriage, only I think it's more difficult to divorce yourself from community than it is to a human being because the strands are interconnected and so various.

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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.

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There is an art to writing, and it is not always disclosure. The act itself can be beautiful, revelatory, and private.

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Not everything is meant for all to hear.

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Whatever artistry may occur within the manuscript, the magic happens for me in the last draft. Whatever I have been resistant to say must finally be said. In the end, I see where my pencil has been leading me.

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There is something very sensual about a letter. The physical contact of pen to paper, the time set aside to focus thoughts, the folding of the paper into the envelope, licking it closed, addressing it, a chosen stamp, and then the release of the letter to the mailbox - are all acts of tenderness.

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