We would lie on coral sand, below sugary stars, watching Cassiopeia mount her throne and the Great Bear wash its paws in… — Diane Ackerman Answers Copy Share Image
In our heart we know that life loves life. Yet we feast on some of the other life-forms with which we share… — Diane Ackerman Form Copy Share Image
[On gardens:] I think they're sanctuaries for the mind and spirit. ... It's easy to feel wonder-struck in a garden, especially if… — Diane Ackerman Delight Copy Share Image
“Sometimes with a flutter of agitated worry that felt like a beetle was trapped inside my ribs. p. 90” — Diane Ackerman Fear Copy Share Image
As a species, we've somehow survived large and small ice ages, genetic bottlenecks, plagues, world wars and all manner of natural disasters,… — Diane Ackerman Age Copy Share Image
habit, a particularly insidious thug who chokes passion and smothers love. Habit puts us on autopilot. — Diane Ackerman Autopilot Copy Share Image
“So couples relive romantic memories, families watch home movies, and friends "catch up" with each other, as if they've lagged behind on… — Diane Ackerman Family 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 Awkward Copy Share Image
In the winter, I enjoy cross-country skiing and raising orchids and amaryllises. If I could grow tropical flowers as perennials, I would,… — Diane Ackerman Country Copy Share Image
Disassociating, mindfulness, transcendence-whatever the label-it's a sort of loophole in our contract with reality, a form of self-rescue. — Diane Ackerman Contracts Copy Share Image
As the most social apes, we inhabit a mirror-world in which every important relationship, whether with spouse, friend or child, shapes the… — Diane Ackerman Apes Copy Share Image
Life becomes a lot simpler for a creative person when he or she finds the routine that works best. ... get in… — Diane Ackerman Confidence 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
“I understood the therapists were trying to rebuild Paul's vocabulary, beginning wit the rudiments, but Paul found it taxing, boring, and disturbingly… — Diane Ackerman Language Copy Share Image
“Revered as God's servants, the bees they lure provide mead and honey for the table and beeswax candles for church services, which… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is. — Diane Ackerman Love Copy Share Image
Love is the most important thing in our lives, a passion for which we would fight or die, and yet we're reluctant… — Diane Ackerman Dies 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
A life like an intricately woven basket, frayed, worn, broken, unraveled, reworked, reknit from many of its original pieces... Life can survive… — Diane Ackerman Baskets Copy Share Image
I try to give myself passionately, totally, to whatever I'm observing, with as much affectionate curiosity as I can muster, as a… — Diane Ackerman Affectionate Copy Share Image
Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. You are looking into a… — Diane Ackerman Behinds Copy Share Image
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