"Which is crueler, an old man's lost memories……" — Diane Ackerman
"Which is crueler, an old man's lost memories of a life lived, or a young man's lost memories of the life he meant to live?"
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128 Quotes by Diane Ackerman
Diane Ackerman has 128 quotes on this site.
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Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood…
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I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of…
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A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at…
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Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is.
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I don't want to be a passenger in my own life.
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Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight.
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It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between.
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Success produces success, just as money produces money.
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We live on the leash of our senses.
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Artificial intelligence is growing up fast, as are robots whose facial expressions can elicit empathy and make your mirror neurons…
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Habitats keep evolving new pageants of species, and we shouldn't interfere.
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Hurricane season brings a humbling reminder that, despite our technologies, most of nature remains unpredictable.
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I have always tempered my killing with respect for the game pursued. I see the animal not only as a…
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Though we face the facts of sex we are more reluctant than ever to face the fact of death or…
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To whom do I owe the first apology? No one's been crueler than I've been to me.
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There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of…
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War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be…
— William Tecumseh Sherman
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In the old days, when a star left a still-thriving hit show, they'd celebrate by killing him or her off.…
— Rob Sheffield
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There's nothing worse than waiting and not knowing what'll happen to you. Your own imagination can be crueler than any…
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Stronger than iron crueler than death sweeter than springtime it lives beyond breath
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Nothing seems crueler--or more ironic--than these upper crusters who never pay a dime for their high-priced shrinks or reflexology sessions…
— Michael Moore
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There is nothing fiercer than a failed artist. The energy remains, but, having no outlet, it implodes in a great…
— Erica Jong
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Could there be irony crueler than this? How, upon his rescue, the truth had brought him here, to a house…
— Rick Yancey
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Though you are three times more beautiful than angels, Though you are the sister of the river willows, I will…
— Anna Akhmatova
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