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Diane Ackerman Quotes

Home is where the heart is, we say, rubbing the flint of one abstraction against another Picture Quote #1

Poetry reminds us of the truths about life and human nature that we knew all along, but forgot somehow because they weren’t yet in memorable language Picture Quote #1

Hit a tripwire of smell and memories explode all at once. A complex vision leaps out of the undergrowth Picture Quote #1

Couples are jigsaw puzzles that hang together by touching in just enough points. They’re never total fits or misfits. In time, a pair invents its own commonwealth, complete with anthems, rituals, and lingos-a cult of two with fallible gods Picture Quote #1

I’m an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it’s also tonic and deeply spiritual, glorifying the smallest life-form and embracing the most distant stars Picture Quote #1

Despite not knowing if what he felt from moment to moment would pass or last forever, he entered fully into his shifting states of violent rage, self-pity, longing, heartbreak, cynicism, without losing the ability to think about what was happening to him. That took courage, I thought, living with the suffering in a mindful way, as an artifact of being, neither good nor bad Picture Quote #1

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Smell brings to mind... a family dinner of pot roast and sweet potatoes during a myrtle-mad August in a Midwestern town. Smells detonate softly in our memory like poignant land mines hidden under the weedy mass of years Picture Quote #1

I consider fiction a very high-class form of lying. I enjoy and admire it enormously, but I don’t think I’m very good at it Picture Quote #1

For better or worse, zoos are how most people come to know big or exotic animals. Few will ever see wild penguins sledding downhill to sea on their bellies, giant pandas holding bamboo lollipops in China or tree porcupines in the Canadian Rockies, balled up like giant pine cones Picture Quote #1

In the winter, I enjoy cross-country skiing and raising orchids and amaryllises. If I could grow tropical flowers as perennials, I would, especially hibiscus and mandavilla Picture Quote #1

We try to exile ourselves more and more from nature - not always consciously: We build houses; we dismiss nature; nature has to be outside, because we’re inside. God forbid something like a cockroach comes inside, or some dust Picture Quote #1

The brain is only three pounds of blood, dream, and electricity, and yet from that mortal stew come Beethoven’s sonatas. Dizzie Gillespie’s jazz. Audrey Hepburn’s wish to spend the last month of her life in Somalia, saving children Picture Quote #1

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If we mammals don’t get something to eat every day or two, our temperature drops, all our signs fall off, and we begin to starve. Living at biological red alert, it’s not surprising how obsessed we are with food; I’m just amazed we don’t pace and fret about it all the time Picture Quote #1

I’m fascinated how often and with what whole-heartedness people will risk their lives to perform acts of courage, sacrifice, and compassion for total strangers Picture Quote #1

Adventure is not something you travel to find. It’s something you take with you, or you’re not going to find it when you arrive Picture Quote #1

I’ve always loved scuba diving and the cell-tickling feel of being underwater, though it poses unique frustrations. Alone, but with others, you may share the same sights and feelings, but you can’t communicate well Picture Quote #1

American writer 1803-1882 Play is our brain’s favorite way of learning Picture Quote #1

Just as our ancient ancestors drew animals on cave walls and carved animals from wood and bone, we decorate our homes with animal prints and motifs, give our children stuffed animals to clutch, cartoon animals to watch, animal stories to read Picture Quote #1

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We ogle plants and animals up close on television, the Internet and in the movies. We may not worship the animals we see, but we still regard them as necessary physical and spiritual companions. Technological nature can’t completely satisfy that yearning Picture Quote #1

We’re losing biodiversity globally at an alarming rate, and we need a cornucopia of different plants and animals, for the planet’s health and our own Picture Quote #1

Like many animals, wild ponies can sense a drop in barometric pressure. When a storm threatens, they know to seek shelter in hilly areas and huddle together with their rumps facing the oncoming wind Picture Quote #1

In Manhattan last month I heard a woman borrowing the jargon of junkies to say to another, ‘Want to do some chocolate?’ Picture Quote #1

The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be to understand and protect nature’s precarious balance, let alone the balance of our own human nature Picture Quote #1

Gardeners may create order briefly out of chaos, but nature always gets the last word, and what it says is usually untidy by human standards. But I find all states of nature beautiful, and because I want to delight in my garden, not rule it, I just accept my yen to tame the chaos on one day and let the Japanese beetles run riot on the next Picture Quote #1

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Alligators have beautiful undulating skin, which feels dense, spongy, solid, like the best eraser Picture Quote #1

We tend to think of heroes only in terms of violent combat, whether it’s against enemies or a natural disaster. But human beings also perform radical acts of compassion; we just don’t talk about them, or we don’t talk about them as much Picture Quote #1

We embrace two-legged beings, and can warm to four-legged beings, too, but for most people, six legs is pushing it. Most don’t need multi-eyed, antennaed face time Picture Quote #1

I believe consciousness is brazenly physical, a raucous mirage the brain creates to help us survive Picture Quote #1

Below us somewhere in the gelatinous phantasmagoria of churning blue, the whales wouldn’t be much aware of the storm Picture Quote #1

When I go biking, I am mentally far far away from civilization. The world is breaking someone else’s heart Picture Quote #1

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Home is where the heart is, we say, rubbing the flint of one abstraction against another (Diane Ackerman Quotes) Poetry reminds us of the truths about life and human nature that we knew all along, but forgot somehow because they weren’t yet in memorable language (Diane Ackerman Quotes) Hit a tripwire of smell and memories explode all at once. A complex vision leaps out of the undergrowth (Diane Ackerman Quotes) Couples are jigsaw puzzles that hang together by touching in just enough points. They’re never total fits or misfits. In time, a pair invents its own commonwealth, complete with anthems, rituals, and lingos-a cult of two with fallible gods (Diane Ackerman Quotes) I’m an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it’s also tonic and deeply spiritual, glorifying the smallest life-form and embracing the most distant stars (Diane Ackerman Quotes) Despite not knowing if what he felt from moment to moment would pass or last forever, he entered fully into his shifting states of violent rage, self-pity, longing, heartbreak, cynicism, without losing the ability to think about what was happening to him. That took courage, I thought, living with the suffering in a mindful way, as an artifact of being, neither good nor bad (Diane Ackerman Quotes) Smell brings to mind... a family dinner of pot roast and sweet potatoes during a myrtle-mad August in a Midwestern town. Smells detonate softly in our memory like poignant land mines hidden under the weedy mass of years (Diane Ackerman Quotes) I consider fiction a very high-class form of lying. I enjoy and admire it enormously, but I don’t think I’m very good at it (Diane Ackerman Quotes) For better or worse, zoos are how most people come to know big or exotic animals. Few will ever see wild penguins sledding downhill to sea on their bellies, giant pandas holding bamboo lollipops in China or tree porcupines in the Canadian Rockies, balled up like giant pine cones (Diane Ackerman Quotes) In the winter, I enjoy cross-country skiing and raising orchids and amaryllises. If I could grow tropical flowers as perennials, I would, especially hibiscus and mandavilla (Diane Ackerman Quotes) We try to exile ourselves more and more from nature - not always consciously: We build houses; we dismiss nature; nature has to be outside, because we’re inside. God forbid something like a cockroach comes inside, or some dust (Diane Ackerman Quotes) The brain is only three pounds of blood, dream, and electricity, and yet from that mortal stew come Beethoven’s sonatas. Dizzie Gillespie’s jazz. Audrey Hepburn’s wish to spend the last month of her life in Somalia, saving children (Diane Ackerman Quotes) If we mammals don’t get something to eat every day or two, our temperature drops, all our signs fall off, and we begin to starve. Living at biological red alert, it’s not surprising how obsessed we are with food; I’m just amazed we don’t pace and fret about it all the time (Diane Ackerman Quotes) I’m fascinated how often and with what whole-heartedness people will risk their lives to perform acts of courage, sacrifice, and compassion for total strangers. (Diane Ackerman Quotes) Adventure is not something you travel to find. It’s something you take with you, or you’re not going to find it when you arrive. (Diane Ackerman Quotes) I’ve always loved scuba diving and the cell-tickling feel of being underwater, though it poses unique frustrations. Alone, but with others, you may share the same sights and feelings, but you can’t communicate well. (Diane Ackerman Quotes) American writer 1803-1882 Play is our brain’s favorite way of learning (Diane Ackerman Quotes) Just as our ancient ancestors drew animals on cave walls and carved animals from wood and bone, we decorate our homes with animal prints and motifs, give our children stuffed animals to clutch, cartoon animals to watch, animal stories to read. (Diane Ackerman Quotes) We ogle plants and animals up close on television, the Internet and in the movies. We may not worship the animals we see, but we still regard them as necessary physical and spiritual companions. Technological nature can’t completely satisfy that yearning. (Diane Ackerman Quotes) We’re losing biodiversity globally at an alarming rate, and we need a cornucopia of different plants and animals, for the planet’s health and our own. (Diane Ackerman Quotes) Like many animals, wild ponies can sense a drop in barometric pressure. When a storm threatens, they know to seek shelter in hilly areas and huddle together with their rumps facing the oncoming wind. (Diane Ackerman Quotes) In Manhattan last month I heard a woman borrowing the jargon of junkies to say to another, ‘Want to do some chocolate?’ (Diane Ackerman Quotes) The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be to understand and protect nature’s precarious balance, let alone the balance of our own human nature. (Diane Ackerman Quotes) Gardeners may create order briefly out of chaos, but nature always gets the last word, and what it says is usually untidy by human standards. But I find all states of nature beautiful, and because I want to delight in my garden, not rule it, I just accept my yen to tame the chaos on one day and let the Japanese beetles run riot on the next. (Diane Ackerman Quotes) Alligators have beautiful undulating skin, which feels dense, spongy, solid, like the best eraser (Diane Ackerman Quotes) We tend to think of heroes only in terms of violent combat, whether it’s against enemies or a natural disaster. But human beings also perform radical acts of compassion; we just don’t talk about them, or we don’t talk about them as much. (Diane Ackerman Quotes) We embrace two-legged beings, and can warm to four-legged beings, too, but for most people, six legs is pushing it. Most don’t need multi-eyed, antennaed face time. (Diane Ackerman Quotes) I believe consciousness is brazenly physical, a raucous mirage the brain creates to help us survive. (Diane Ackerman Quotes) Below us somewhere in the gelatinous phantasmagoria of churning blue, the whales wouldn’t be much aware of the storm. (Diane Ackerman Quotes) When I go biking, I am mentally far far away from civilization. The world is breaking someone else’s heart. (Diane Ackerman Quotes)

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