Terry Tempest Williams: Once Upon a Time, When Women Were Birds

Once upon a time, when women were birds, there was the simple 

understanding that to sing at dawn and to sing at dusk was to heal the 

world through joy. The birds still remember what we have forgotten, 

that the world is meant to be celebrated.

 
― Terry Tempest Williams,  

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice