Adult bats don't weigh much. They're mainly fur and appetite. — Diane Ackerman Adults Copy Share Image
“Suffering took hold of me like a magic spell abolishing all differences between friends and strangers.” — Diane Ackerman Changes Copy Share Image
Which is crueler, an old man's lost memories of a life lived, or a young man's lost memories of the life he… — Diane Ackerman Life 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
“The sensory misers will inherit the earth, but first they will make it not worth living on. When you consider something like… — Diane Ackerman Curiosity Copy Share Image
“How did he manage such feats of compassion while staying sane and creative? By stilling the mind and communing with nature: One… — Diane Ackerman Compassion Copy Share Image
I am a great fan of the universe, which I take literally: as one. All of it interests me, and it interests… — Diane Ackerman Details Copy Share Image
“I do feel responsible. He used to be able to look after himself. Now he can't. That's so different, so strange. The… — Diane Ackerman Stroke Copy Share Image
I believe consciousness is brazenly physical, a raucous mirage the brain creates to help us survive. — Diane Ackerman Believe Copy Share Image
Wonder is the heaviest element on the periodic table. Even a tiny fleck of it stops time. — Diane Ackerman Elements 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 August Copy Share Image
... love is an act of sedition, a revolt against reason, an uprising in the body politic, a private mutiny. — Diane Ackerman Body Copy Share Image
I swear I will not dishonor my soul with hatred, but offer myself humbly as a guardian of nature, as a healer… — Diane Ackerman Architect Copy Share Image
American writer 1803-1882 Play is our brain's favorite way of learning. — Diane Ackerman American writer Copy Share Image
All relationships change the brain - but most important are the intimate bonds that foster or fail us, altering the delicate circuits… — Diane Ackerman Brain Copy Share Image
Part of the irony of environmentalism is questing for solutions when you know you're part of the problem. — Diane Ackerman Environmentalism Copy Share Image
Not much is known about alligators. They don't train well. And they're unwieldy and rowdy to work with in laboratories. — Diane Ackerman Alligators Copy Share Image
Gardeners may create order briefly out of chaos, but nature always gets the last word, and what it says is usually untidy… — Diane Ackerman Accept Copy Share Image
“It began in mystery and it will end in mystery, but what a rare and beautiful country lies in between.” — Diane Ackerman Literature Copy Share Image
Habitats keep evolving new pageants of species, and we shouldn't interfere. — Diane Ackerman Evolve 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 Learning curve 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
The well of nature is full today. Time to go outside and take a drink. — Diane Ackerman Drink Copy Share Image
