“One of the most remarkable things about Antonina was her determination to include play, animals, wonder, curiosity, marvel, and a wide blaze… — Diane Ackerman Courage Copy Share Image
When I go biking, I repeat a mantra of the day's sensations: bright sun, blue sky, warm breeze, blue jay's call, ice… — Diane Ackerman Behinds Copy Share Image
What do those of us who aren't tall, flawlessly sculpted adolescents do? Answer: Console ourselves with how relative beauty can be... Thank… — Diane Ackerman Answers Copy Share Image
Just as our ancient ancestors drew animals on cave walls and carved animals from wood and bone, we decorate our homes with… — Diane Ackerman Ancestors Copy Share Image
Though not a natural world by any means, more like a collection of living dioramas, a zoo exists in its own time… — Diane Ackerman Animals Copy Share Image
“No matter how politely one says it, we owe our existence to the farts of blue-green algae.” — Diane Ackerman Algae Copy Share Image
The simple, stupefying truth that, as a woman, I am a minute ocean, in the dark tropic of whose womb eggs lay… — Diane Ackerman Am Copy Share Image
Hurricane season brings a humbling reminder that, despite our technologies, most of nature remains unpredictable. — Diane Ackerman Despite Copy Share Image
“When you consider something like death, after which (there being no news flash to the contrary) we may well go out like… — Diane Ackerman Death Copy Share Image
“husk or shell that has grown up around a spark of holiness, masking its light" (203): Michael Wex, Born to Kvetch: Yiddish… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
“Only by fumbling with countless bits of knowledge, and then ignoring most of it, does a creative mind craft something original.” — Diane Ackerman Creative mind Copy Share Image
Flying has changed how we imagine our planet, which we have seen whole from space, so that even the farthest nations are… — Diane Ackerman Afternoon Copy Share Image
“The Germans have removed, murdered or burned alive tens of thousands of Jews. Out of the three million Polsih Jews, no more… — Diane Ackerman Judaism Copy Share Image
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… — Diane Ackerman Admire Copy Share Image
Because IQ tests favor memory skills and logic, overlooking artistic creativity, insight, resiliency, emotional reserves, sensory gifts, and life experience, they can't… — Diane Ackerman Art Copy Share Image
“Alligators have beautiful undulating skin, which feels dense, spongy, solid, like the best eraser.” — Diane Ackerman Nature Copy Share Image
When I set a glass prism on a windowsill and allow the sun to flood through it, a spectrum of colors dances… — Diane Ackerman Color Copy Share Image
“The Poles claim Korczak as a martyr, and the Israelis revere him as one of the Thirty-Six Just Men, whose pure souls… — Diane Ackerman Good deeds Copy Share Image
The great affair, the love affair with life, is to live as variously as possible, to groom one's curiosity like a high-spirited… — Diane Ackerman Affair Copy Share Image
We tend to think of heroes only in terms of violent combat, whether it's against enemies or a natural disaster. But human… — Diane Ackerman Combat Copy Share Image
Artificial intelligence is growing up fast, as are robots whose facial expressions can elicit empathy and make your mirror neurons quiver. — Diane Ackerman Artificial Copy Share Image
One of the things I like best about animals in the wild is that they're always off on some errand. They have… — Diane Ackerman Animal Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated how often and with what whole-heartedness people will risk their lives to perform acts of courage, sacrifice, and compassion for… — Diane Ackerman Compassion Copy Share Image
