Terry Tempest Williams

My grandmother simply shook her head and said, “You know what you saw. The bird doesn’t need to be counted, and neither do you.

My grandmother simply shook her head and said, “You know what you saw. The bird doesn’t need to be counted, and neither do you.

– Terry Tempest Williams –

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

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