A self is a frightening thing to waste, it's the lens through which one's whole life is viewed, and few people are… — Diane Ackerman Art Copy Share Image
“Our lives together, our duet, also continues to evolve, and even if we can’t go back to how it was, we’re designing… — Diane Ackerman Good life Copy Share Image
Hit a tripwire of smell and memories explode all at once. A complex vision leaps out of the undergrowth. — Diane Ackerman Complexes Copy Share Image
Look at your feet. You are standing in the sky. When we think of the sky, we tend to look up, but… — Diane Ackerman Air Copy Share Image
Who would deduce the dragonfly from the larva, the iris from the bud, the lawyer from the infant? ...We are all shape-shifters… — Diane Ackerman Bud Copy Share Image
Though we marry as adults, we don't marry adults. We marry children who have grown up and still rejoice in being children,… — Diane Ackerman Adults Copy Share Image
“The etymology of the Hebrew word for prophet, navi, combines three processes: navach (to cry out), nava (to gush or flow), and… — Diane Ackerman Judaism Copy Share Image
Knee-deep in the cosmic overwhelm, I’m stricken by the ricochet wonder of it all: the plain everythingness of everything, in cahoots with… — Diane Ackerman Cosmic Copy Share Image
Symbolic of life, hair bolts from our head[s]. Like the earth, it can be harvested, but it will rise again. We can… — Diane Ackerman Cities Copy Share Image
“Most people know that 30 to 40 percent of the world's Jews were killed during World War II, but not that 80… — Diane Ackerman Every moment Copy Share Image
The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be to understand… — Diane Ackerman Alone Copy Share Image
In rare moments of deep play, we can lay aside our sense of self, shed time's continuum, ignore pain, and sit quietly… — Diane Ackerman Absolutes Copy Share Image
“We marry children who have grown up and still rejoice in being children, especially if we're creative. Imaginative people fidget with ideas,… — Diane Ackerman Children Copy Share Image
We live on the leash of our senses. There is no way in which to understand the world without first detecting it… — Diane Ackerman Firsts Copy Share Image
“...he'd know about the role of mirror neurons in the brain, special cells in the premotor cortex that fire right before a… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
When all is said and done, we exist only in relation to the world, and our senses evolved as scouts who bridge… — Diane Ackerman Bridge Copy Share Image
“God may promise not to destroy creation, but it is not a promise humankind made - to our peril.” — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
Wonder is a bulky emotion. When you let it fill your heart and mind, there isn't room for anxiety, distress or anything… — Diane Ackerman Anxiety Copy Share Image
“Couples are jigsaw puzzles that hang together by touching in just enough points. They're never total fits or misfits. ... We marry… — Diane Ackerman Children Copy Share Image
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