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Diane Ackerman Quotes

Cicadas, buckling and unbuckling their stomach muscles, yield the sound of someone sharpening scissors. Fall field crickets, the thermometer hounds, add high-pitched tinkling chirps to the jazz, and their call quickens with warm weather, slows again with cool Picture Quote #1

I’m certainly not opposed to digital technology, whose graces I daily enjoy and rely on in so many ways. But I worry about our virtual blinders Picture Quote #1

All relationships change the brain - but most important are the intimate bonds that foster or fail us, altering the delicate circuits that shape memories, emotions and that ultimate souvenir, the self Picture Quote #1

So often loneliness comes from being out of touch with parts of oneself. We go searching for those parts in other people, but there’s a difference between feeling separate from others and separate from oneself Picture Quote #1

Suffering took hold of me like a magic spell abolishing all differences between friends and strangers Picture Quote #1

Nature is also great fun. To pretend that nature isn’t fun is to miss much of the joy of being alive Picture Quote #1

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Though we marry as adults, we don’t marry adults. We marry children who have grown up and still rejoice in being children, especially if we’re creative Picture Quote #1

The well of nature is full today. Time to go outside and take a drink Picture Quote #1

Give a man enough rope and he’ll wrap himself around your little finger Picture Quote #1

Like love, travel makes you innocent again Picture Quote #1

Nothing reveals more about the inner life of a people than their arts Picture Quote #1

The biggest threat to the religious experience may well come from organized religion itself Picture Quote #1

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After all, coffee is bitter, a flavor from the forbidden and dangerous realm Picture Quote #1

Couples are jigsaw puzzles that hang together by touching in just enough points Picture Quote #1

Violets smell like burnt sugar cubes that have been dipped in lemon and velvet Picture Quote #1

We have vexed and bothered every plant and every animal on every continent Picture Quote #1

There is that unique moment when one confronts something new and astonishment begins Picture Quote #1

The heart is a museum, filled with the exhibits of a lifetime’s loves Picture Quote #1

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Habitats keep evolving new pageants of species, and we shouldn’t interfere Picture Quote #1

The more we exile ourselves from nature, the more we crave its miracle waters Picture Quote #1

I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well Picture Quote #1

Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains Picture Quote #1

Disassociating, mindfulness, transcendence - whatever the label - it’s a sort of loophole in our contract with reality, a form of self-rescue Picture Quote #1

It’s essential to tailor rehab to what impassions someone. The brain gradually learns by riveting its attention - through endless repetitions Picture Quote #1

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Though we marry as adults, we don’t marry adults. We marry children who have grown up and still rejoice in being children, especially if we’re creative Picture Quote #1

Tranquillity hides in small spaces, and when found needs to be treasured, because you know it’s a phantom that will slip away again Picture Quote #1

Words are such small things, like confetti in the brain, and yet they are color and clarify everything, they can stain the mind or warp the feelings Picture Quote #1

I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to live the width of it as well Picture Quote #1

There is no way in which to understand the world without first detecting it through the radar net of our senses Picture Quote #1

I’m sure civilizations will still evolve through play, or rather as play, since that seems to be a fundamental mechanism of our humanity Picture Quote #1

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Cicadas, buckling and unbuckling their stomach muscles, yield the sound of someone sharpening scissors. Fall field crickets, the thermometer hounds, add high-pitched tinkling chirps to the jazz, and their call quickens with warm weather, slows again with cool. (Diane Ackerman Quotes) I’m certainly not opposed to digital technology, whose graces I daily enjoy and rely on in so many ways. But I worry about our virtual blinders. (Diane Ackerman Quotes) All relationships change the brain - but most important are the intimate bonds that foster or fail us, altering the delicate circuits that shape memories, emotions and that ultimate souvenir, the self. (Diane Ackerman Quotes) So often loneliness comes from being out of touch with parts of oneself. We go searching for those parts in other people, but there’s a difference between feeling separate from others and separate from oneself. (Diane Ackerman Quotes) Suffering took hold of me like a magic spell abolishing all differences between friends and strangers. (Diane Ackerman Quotes) Nature is also great fun. To pretend that nature isn’t fun is to miss much of the joy of being alive. (Diane Ackerman Quotes) Though we marry as adults, we don’t marry adults. We marry children who have grown up and still rejoice in being children, especially if we’re creative. (Diane Ackerman Quotes) The well of nature is full today. Time to go outside and take a drink (Diane Ackerman Quotes) Give a man enough rope and he’ll wrap himself around your little finger (Diane Ackerman Quotes) Like love, travel makes you innocent again (Diane Ackerman Quotes) Nothing reveals more about the inner life of a people than their arts (Diane Ackerman Quotes) The biggest threat to the religious experience may well come from organized religion itself (Diane Ackerman Quotes) After all, coffee is bitter, a flavor from the forbidden and dangerous realm (Diane Ackerman Quotes) Couples are jigsaw puzzles that hang together by touching in just enough points (Diane Ackerman Quotes) Violets smell like burnt sugar cubes that have been dipped in lemon and velvet (Diane Ackerman Quotes) We have vexed and bothered every plant and every animal on every continent (Diane Ackerman Quotes) There is that unique moment when one confronts something new and astonishment begins (Diane Ackerman Quotes) The heart is a museum, filled with the exhibits of a lifetime’s loves (Diane Ackerman Quotes) Habitats keep evolving new pageants of species, and we shouldn’t interfere (Diane Ackerman Quotes) The more we exile ourselves from nature, the more we crave its miracle waters (Diane Ackerman Quotes) I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well (Diane Ackerman Quotes) Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains (Diane Ackerman Quotes) Disassociating, mindfulness, transcendence - whatever the label - it’s a sort of loophole in our contract with reality, a form of self-rescue (Diane Ackerman Quotes) It’s essential to tailor rehab to what impassions someone. The brain gradually learns by riveting its attention - through endless repetitions (Diane Ackerman Quotes) Though we marry as adults, we don’t marry adults. We marry children who have grown up and still rejoice in being children, especially if we’re creative (Diane Ackerman Quotes) Tranquillity hides in small spaces, and when found needs to be treasured, because you know it’s a phantom that will slip away again (Diane Ackerman Quotes) Words are such small things, like confetti in the brain, and yet they are color and clarify everything, they can stain the mind or warp the feelings (Diane Ackerman Quotes) I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to live the width of it as well (Diane Ackerman Quotes) There is no way in which to understand the world without first detecting it through the radar net of our senses (Diane Ackerman Quotes) I’m sure civilizations will still evolve through play, or rather as play, since that seems to be a fundamental mechanism of our humanity (Diane Ackerman Quotes)

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