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> [There is that unique moment when one confronts something new and astonishment begins.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-ackerman/there-is-that-unique-moment-when-one-confronts-something-new-and/)

[Diane Ackerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-ackerman/)

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## More by Diane Ackerman

> [A self is a frightening thing to waste, it's the lens through which one's whole life is viewed, and few people are willing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-ackerman/a-self-is-a-frightening-thing-to-waste-it-s-the-lens-through-which/)

[Diane Ackerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-ackerman/)

> [“Our lives together, our duet, also continues to evolve, and even if we can’t go back to how it was, we’re designing a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-ackerman/our-lives-together-our-duet-also-continues-to-evolve-and-even-if-we/)

[Diane Ackerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-ackerman/)

> [Hit a tripwire of smell and memories explode all at once. A complex vision leaps out of the undergrowth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-ackerman/hit-a-tripwire-of-smell-and-memories-explode-all-at-once-a-complex/)

[Diane Ackerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-ackerman/)

> [Horses have made civilization possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-ackerman/horses-have-made-civilization-possible/)

[Diane Ackerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-ackerman/)

> [Look at your feet. You are standing in the sky. When we think of the sky, we tend to look up, but the sky…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-ackerman/look-at-your-feet-you-are-standing-in-the-sky-when-we-think-of-the/)

[Diane Ackerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-ackerman/)

> [Who would deduce the dragonfly from the larva, the iris from the bud, the lawyer from the infant? ...We are all shape-shifters and magical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-ackerman/who-would-deduce-the-dragonfly-from-the-larva-the-iris-from-the-bud/)

[Diane Ackerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-ackerman/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-ackerman/though-we-marry-as-adults-we-don-t-marry-adults-we-marry-children-who/)

[Diane Ackerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-ackerman/)

> [Libraries change lives. They are the soul of a people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-ackerman/libraries-change-lives-they-are-the-soul-of-a-people/)

[Diane Ackerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-ackerman/)

> [“The etymology of the Hebrew word for prophet, navi, combines three processes: navach (to cry out), nava (to gush or flow), and navuv (to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-ackerman/the-etymology-of-the-hebrew-word-for-prophet-navi-combines-three/)

[Diane Ackerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-ackerman/)

> [Knee-deep in the cosmic overwhelm, I’m stricken by the ricochet wonder of it all: the plain everythingness of everything, in cahoots with the everythingness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-ackerman/knee-deep-in-the-cosmic-overwhelm-i-m-stricken-by-the-ricochet-wonder/)

[Diane Ackerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-ackerman/)

> [ Symbolic of life, hair bolts from our head\[s\]. Like the earth, it can be harvested, but it will rise again. We can change its… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-ackerman/symbolic-of-life-hair-bolts-from-our-head-s-like-the-earth-it-can-be/)

[Diane Ackerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-ackerman/)

> [“Most people know that 30 to 40 percent of the world's Jews were killed during World War II, but not that 80 to 90…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-ackerman/most-people-know-that-30-to-40-percent-of-the-world-s-jews-were/)

[Diane Ackerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-ackerman/)

> [Choice is a signature of our species.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-ackerman/choice-is-a-signature-of-our-species/)

[Diane Ackerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-ackerman/)

> [The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be to understand and protect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-ackerman/the-further-we-distance-ourselves-from-the-spell-of-the-present/)

[Diane Ackerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-ackerman/)

> [Culture is what people invent when they have lost nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-ackerman/culture-is-what-people-invent-when-they-have-lost-nature/)

[Diane Ackerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-ackerman/)

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