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May Quotes by Diane Ackerman
- In rare moments of deep play, we can lay aside our sense of self, shed time's continuum, ignore pain, and sit quietly in the absolute…
- For me, life offers so many complexly appealing moments that two beautiful objects may be equally beautiful for different reasons and at different times. How…
- We tend to think of memories as monuments we once forged and may find intact beneath the weedy growth of years. But, in a real…
- Love is like a batik created from many emotional colors, it is a fabric whose pattern and brightness may vary.
- Gardeners may create order briefly out of chaos, but nature always gets the last word, and what it says is usually untidy by human standards.…
- The garden is a living, pulsing, singing, scratching, warring, erotic, and generally rowdy thing. I may find peace in its midst, but I regard it…
More May Quotes
- To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the restraints of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May. — William Shakespeare
- The parents have to learn that the child should not be insulted, humiliated, condemned. If you want to help him, love him… — Rajneesh
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle