Though not a natural world by any means, more like a collection of living dioramas, a zoo exists in its own time… — Diane Ackerman Animal Copy Share Image
Even without seeing the crickets, grasshoppers, cicadas and katydids, we hear them shrilling in this season and trust that they're the tiny… — Diane Ackerman Claim Copy Share Image
For me, life offers so many complexly appealing moments that two beautiful objects may be equally beautiful for different reasons and at… — Diane Ackerman Beautiful Copy Share Image
Living with anyone for many years takes skill. To keep peace in the household, couples learn to adapt to one another, hopefully… — Diane Ackerman Adapt Copy Share Image
“Germany's crime is the greatest crime the world has ever known, because it is not on the scale of History: it is… — Diane Ackerman Crime Copy Share Image
So often loneliness comes from being out of touch with parts of oneself. We go searching for those parts in other people,… — Diane Ackerman Differences Copy Share Image
“Antonina felt convinced that people needed to connect more with their animal nature, but also that animals long for human company, reach… — Diane Ackerman Animal Copy Share Image
What would dawn have been like, had you awakened? It would have sung through your bones. All I can do this morning… — Diane Ackerman Awakened Copy Share Image
“One job of the unconscious is to act as a workshop for rough-shaping ideas; crafting notions as new parts or tools become… — Diane Ackerman Bits and pieces Copy Share Image
Despite not knowing if what he felt from moment to moment would pass or last forever, he entered fully into his shifting… — Diane Ackerman Ability Copy Share Image
Shaped a little like a loaf of French country bread, our brain is a crowded chemistry lab, bustling with nonstop neural conversations.Imagine… — Diane Ackerman Bags Copy Share Image
Love is the great intangible. ... Frantic and serene, vigilant and calm, wrung-out and fortified, explosive and sedate -- love commands a… — Diane Ackerman Agree Copy Share Image
“One of the most remarkable things about Antonina was her determination to include play, animals, wonder, curiosity, marvel, and a wide blaze… — Diane Ackerman Bravery Copy Share Image
“Caregiving offers many fringe benefits, including the sheer sensory delight of nourishing and grooming, sharing, and playing. But caregiving does buttonhole you;… — Diane Ackerman Benefits Copy Share Image
“Like tiny islands on the horizon, they can vanish in rough seas. Even in calm weather, their coral gradually erodes, pickled by… — Diane Ackerman Rough seas 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
“A good strategy should dictate the right actions. Any action mustn't be impulsive, but analyzed along with all its possible outcomes. A… — Diane Ackerman Strategy Copy Share Image
Words are such small things, like confetti in the brain, and yet they are color and clarify everything, they can stain the… — Diane Ackerman Brain Copy Share Image
We ogle plants and animals up close on television, the Internet and in the movies. We may not worship the animals we… — Diane Ackerman Animals 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 Yiddish Copy Share Image
Smell brings to mind... a family dinner of pot roast and sweet potatoes during a myrtle-mad August in a Midwestern town. Smells… — Diane Ackerman August Copy Share Image
Brain scans show synchrony between the brains of mother and child; but what they can't show is the internal bond that belongs… — Diane Ackerman Alone 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
The only and absolute perfect union of two is when a baby hangs suspended in its mother's womb, like a tiny madman… — Diane Ackerman Absolutes Copy Share Image
“Out of the blue, Paul reported feeling bouts of calm euphoria, a mystical sense of all's-right-with-his-life-and-the-universe, a bright future in sight. ...… — Diane Ackerman Bright future Copy Share Image
I like handling newborn animals. Fallen into life from an unmappable world, they are the ultimate immigrants, full of wonder and confusion. — Diane Ackerman Animal 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
What is erotic? The acrobatic play of the imagination. The sea of memories in which we bathe. The way we caress and… — Diane Ackerman Caress Copy Share Image
“But, without meaning to exactly, one still tends to conjure up scary scenarios, their pathos or salvation, as if one could endure… — Diane Ackerman Suffering Copy Share Image
Poetry is an act of distillation. It takes contingency samples, is selective. It telescopes time. It focuses what most often floods past… — Diane Ackerman Blur Copy Share Image
I've always loved scuba diving and the cell-tickling feel of being underwater, though it poses unique frustrations. Alone, but with others, you… — Diane Ackerman Alone 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
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
“There one could also find a special kind of pierogi, large chewy kreplach: fist-sized dumplings filled with seasoned stew meat and onions… — Diane Ackerman Dumplings Copy Share Image
Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside… — Diane Ackerman Childhood Copy Share Image
“Five weeks in the hospital fled as if down a sinkhole into the middle of the earth. ... Can waiting by definition… — Diane Ackerman Clock Copy Share Image
Because we can't escape our ancient hunger to live close to nature, we encircle the house with lawns and gardens, install picture… — Diane Ackerman Ancient 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
When a hurricane thrashes the mid-Atlantic, my hilly town often reaps the fringe of the storm. The rain starts blowing sideways, and… — Diane Ackerman Blowing Copy Share Image
“It's not enough to do research from a distance. It's by living beside animals that you learn their behavior and psychology." On… — Diane Ackerman Animal Copy Share Image
![“Out of the blue, Paul reported feeling bouts of calm euphoria, a mystical sense of all's-right-with-his-life-and-the-universe, a bright future in sight. ... I knew well the state of vigorous calm he meant, a frequent visitor throughout my own life. [p. 290]” quote by Diane Ackerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ef6/diane-ackerman-1035_bright-future_out-of-the-blue-paul-reported-feeling-bo_566856.jpg)
![“Five weeks in the hospital fled as if down a sinkhole into the middle of the earth. ... Can waiting by definition slow, flash by? ... Time becomes even more elastic than usual--minutes can stretch for ages and days suddenly snap together. [p. 97]” quote by Diane Ackerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d7f/diane-ackerman-1035_illness_five-weeks-in-the-hospital-fled-as-if-do_1556268.jpg)
