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Diane Ackerman quotes: American writer1803-1882Play is our brain's favorite way of learning. American writer
1803-1882
Play is our brain's favorite way of learning.
Diane Ackerman quotes: In Manhattan last month I heard a woman borrowing the jargon of junkies to say to another, 'Want to do some chocolate?' In Manhattan last month I heard a woman borrowing the jargon of junkies to say to another, 'Want to do some chocolate?'
Diane Ackerman quotes: Disassociating, mindfulness, transcendence-whatever the label-it's a sort of loophole in our contract with reality, a form of self-rescue. Disassociating, mindfulness, transcendence-whatever the label-it's a sort of loophole in our contract with reality, a form of self-rescue.
Diane Ackerman quotes: The knowing, I told myself, is only a vapor of the mind, and yet it can wreck havok with one's sanity. The knowing, I told myself, is only a vapor of the mind, and yet it can wreck havok with one's sanity.
Diane Ackerman quotes: I don't want to be a passenger in my own life. I don't want to be a passenger in my own life.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Like love, travel makes you innocent again. Like love, travel makes you innocent again.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Selves will accumulate when one isn't looking, and they don't always act wisely or well. Selves will accumulate when one isn't looking, and they don't always act wisely or well.
Diane Ackerman quotes: My mother always said I must be part Mongolian because of my lotus-pale complexion and squid-ink black hair. My mother always said I must be part Mongolian because of my lotus-pale complexion and squid-ink black hair.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Part of the irony of environmentalism is questing for solutions when you know you're part of the problem. Part of the irony of environmentalism is questing for solutions when you know you're part of the problem.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Much of life becomes background, but it is the province of art to throw buckets of light into the shadows and make life new again. Much of life becomes background, but it is the province of art to throw buckets of light into the shadows and make life new again.
Diane Ackerman quotes: We live on the leash of our senses. We live on the leash of our senses.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Alligators have beautiful undulating skin, which feels dense, spongy, solid, like the best eraser. Alligators have beautiful undulating skin, which feels dense, spongy, solid, like the best eraser.
Diane Ackerman quotes: The heart is a museum, filled with the exhibits of a lifetime's loves. The heart is a museum, filled with the exhibits of a lifetime's loves.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Suffering took hold of me like a magic spell abolishing all differences between friends and strangers. Suffering took hold of me like a magic spell abolishing all differences between friends and strangers.
Diane Ackerman quotes: It's animal by animal that you save a species. It's animal by animal that you save a species.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Wonder is the heaviest element on the periodic table. Even a tiny fleck of it stops time. Wonder is the heaviest element on the periodic table. Even a tiny fleck of it stops time.
Diane Ackerman quotes: I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I have just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I have just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.
Diane Ackerman quotes: The Underground Peasant Movement adopted the slogan of "As little, as late, and as bad as possible," and set about sabotaging deliveries The Underground Peasant Movement adopted the slogan of "As little, as late, and as bad as possible," and set about sabotaging deliveries
Diane Ackerman quotes: Nature neither gives nor expects mercy. Nature neither gives nor expects mercy.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Every day our life was full of thoughts of the horrible present, and even our own death. Every day our life was full of thoughts of the horrible present, and even our own death.
Diane Ackerman quotes: I am a great fan of the universe, which I take literally: as one. All of it interests me, and it interests me in detail. I am a great fan of the universe, which I take literally: as one. All of it interests me, and it interests me in detail.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Our skin is what stands between us and the world. Our skin is what stands between us and the world.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Germany's crime is the greatest crime the world has ever known, because it is not on the scale of History: it is on the scale of Evolution. Germany's crime is the greatest crime the world has ever known, because it is not on the scale of History: it is on the scale of Evolution.
Diane Ackerman quotes: God may promise not to destroy creation, but it is not a promise humankind made - to our peril. God may promise not to destroy creation, but it is not a promise humankind made - to our peril.
Diane Ackerman quotes: I consider fiction a very high-class form of lying. I enjoy and admire it enormously, but I don't think I'm very good at it. I consider fiction a very high-class form of lying. I enjoy and admire it enormously, but I don't think I'm very good at it.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Words are such small things, like confetti in the brain, and yet they are color and clarify everything, they can stain the mind or warp the feelings. Words are such small things, like confetti in the brain, and yet they are color and clarify everything, they can stain the mind or warp the feelings.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Above all, we ask the poet to teach us a way of seeing ... Above all, we ask the poet to teach us a way of seeing ...
Diane Ackerman quotes: The Germans have removed, murdered or burned alive tens of thousands of Jews. Out of the three million Polsih Jews, no more than 10 percent remain. The Germans have removed, murdered or burned alive tens of thousands of Jews. Out of the three million Polsih Jews, no more than 10 percent remain.
Diane Ackerman quotes: History is an agreed-upon fiction. History is an agreed-upon fiction.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Give a man enough rope and he'll wrap himself around your little finger. Give a man enough rope and he'll wrap himself around your little finger.
Diane Ackerman quotes: 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? 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?
Diane Ackerman quotes: Mystery causes a mental itch, which the brain tries to soothe with the balm of reasonable talk. Mystery causes a mental itch, which the brain tries to soothe with the balm of reasonable talk.
Diane Ackerman quotes: It's essential to tailor rehab to what impassions someone. The brain gradually learns by riveting its attention-through endless repetitions. It's essential to tailor rehab to what impassions someone. The brain gradually learns by riveting its attention-through endless repetitions.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Love is like a batik created from many emotional colors, it is a fabric whose pattern and brightness may vary. Love is like a batik created from many emotional colors, it is a fabric whose pattern and brightness may vary.
Diane Ackerman quotes: We humans are obsessed with lights ... Perhaps it is our way of hurling the constellations back at the sky. We humans are obsessed with lights ... Perhaps it is our way of hurling the constellations back at the sky.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Each photograph is a magic lamp rubbed by the mind. Each photograph is a magic lamp rubbed by the mind.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Poetry reminds us of the truths about life and human nature that we knew all along, but forgot somehow because they weren't yet in memorable language. Poetry reminds us of the truths about life and human nature that we knew all along, but forgot somehow because they weren't yet in memorable language.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Writer's block is a luxury most people with deadlines don't have. Writer's block is a luxury most people with deadlines don't have.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Our mistakes are legion, but our talent is immeasurable. Our mistakes are legion, but our talent is immeasurable.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Living with anyone for many years takes skill. To keep peace in the household, couples learn to adapt to one another, hopefully in positive ways. Living with anyone for many years takes skill. To keep peace in the household, couples learn to adapt to one another, hopefully in positive ways.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Home is where the heart is, we say, rubbing the flint of one abstraction against another. Home is where the heart is, we say, rubbing the flint of one abstraction against another.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Violets smell like burnt sugar cubes that have been dipped in lemon and velvet. Violets smell like burnt sugar cubes that have been dipped in lemon and velvet.
Diane Ackerman quotes: I watched her face switch among the radio stations of memory I watched her face switch among the radio stations of memory
Diane Ackerman quotes: Poetry had everything to teach me about life. Poetry had everything to teach me about life.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Love is the white light of emotion. Love is the white light of emotion.
Diane Ackerman quotes: What an odd, ruminating, noisy, self-interrupting conversation we conduct with ourselves from birth to death. What an odd, ruminating, noisy, self-interrupting conversation we conduct with ourselves from birth to death.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Sophie Hodorowicz Knab, Polish Customs, Traditions, and Folklore (New York: Hippocrene Books, 1996), p. 259. people Sophie Hodorowicz Knab, Polish Customs, Traditions, and Folklore (New York: Hippocrene Books, 1996), p. 259. people
Diane Ackerman quotes: Flight is nothing but an attitude in motion. Flight is nothing but an attitude in motion.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Smell is the mute sense, the one without words. Smell is the mute sense, the one without words.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Culture is what people invent when they have lost nature. Culture is what people invent when they have lost nature.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Nature is more like a seesaw than a crystal, a never-ending conga line of bold moves and corrections. Nature is more like a seesaw than a crystal, a never-ending conga line of bold moves and corrections.
Diane Ackerman quotes: I like handling newborn animals. Fallen into life from an unmappable world, they are the ultimate immigrants, full of wonder and confusion. I like handling newborn animals. Fallen into life from an unmappable world, they are the ultimate immigrants, full of wonder and confusion.
Diane Ackerman quotes: The daftest logic brings such sweet unrest. The daftest logic brings such sweet unrest.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Our sense of safety depends on predictability, so anything living outside the usual rules we suspect to be an outlaw, a ghoul. Our sense of safety depends on predictability, so anything living outside the usual rules we suspect to be an outlaw, a ghoul.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Libraries change lives. They are the soul of a people. Libraries change lives. They are the soul of a people.
Diane Ackerman quotes: In the early years of the Uprising, we survived on one meal a day of horse meat and soup, but by the end we ate only dried peas, dogs, cats In the early years of the Uprising, we survived on one meal a day of horse meat and soup, but by the end we ate only dried peas, dogs, cats and birds.
Diane Ackerman quotes: We have vexed and bothered every plant and every animal on every continent. We have vexed and bothered every plant and every animal on every continent.
Diane Ackerman quotes: All our senses feed the brain, and if it diets mainly on cruelty and suffering, how can it remain healthy? All our senses feed the brain, and if it diets mainly on cruelty and suffering, how can it remain healthy?
Diane Ackerman quotes: For if I do something, I never do it thoughtlessly. For if I do something, I never do it thoughtlessly.
Diane Ackerman quotes: How can love's spaciousnessbe conveyed in the narrowconfines of one syllable? How can love's spaciousness
be conveyed in the narrow
confines of one syllable?
Diane Ackerman quotes: Today, instead of adapting to the natural world in which we live, we've created a human environment in which we've embedded the natural world. Today, instead of adapting to the natural world in which we live, we've created a human environment in which we've embedded the natural world.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Without memories we wouldn't know who we are, how we once were, who we'd like to be in the memorable future. We are the sum of our memories. Without memories we wouldn't know who we are, how we once were, who we'd like to be in the memorable future. We are the sum of our memories.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Janusz Korczak, Ghetto Diary (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2003), p. x. "adhesions, Janusz Korczak, Ghetto Diary (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2003), p. x. "adhesions,
Diane Ackerman quotes: After all, coffee is bitter, a flavor from the forbidden and dangerous realm. After all, coffee is bitter, a flavor from the forbidden and dangerous realm.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Love is an act of sedition, a revolt against reason, an uprising in the body politic, a private mutiny. Love is an act of sedition, a revolt against reason, an uprising in the body politic, a private mutiny.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is. Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Don't just live the length of your life - live the width of it as well. Don't just live the length of your life - live the width of it as well.
Diane Ackerman quotes: We are defined by how we place our attention. We are defined by how we place our attention.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Horses have made civilization possible. Horses have made civilization possible.
Diane Ackerman quotes: A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically. A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically.
Diane Ackerman quotes: The well of nature is full today. Time to go outside and take a drink. The well of nature is full today. Time to go outside and take a drink.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Of all the errands life seems to be running, of all the mysteries that enchant us, love is my favorite Of all the errands life seems to be running, of all the mysteries that enchant us, love is my favorite
Diane Ackerman quotes: We carry the ocean within us; our veins mirror the tides. We carry the ocean within us; our veins mirror the tides.
Diane Ackerman quotes: one legend has it that Jews found Poland attractive because the country's name sounded like the Hebrew imperative po lin ("rest here"). one legend has it that Jews found Poland attractive because the country's name sounded like the Hebrew imperative po lin ("rest here").
Diane Ackerman quotes: Nature rarely wastes a winning strategy. Nature rarely wastes a winning strategy.
Diane Ackerman quotes: For the longest time I didn't realize I was creative - I just thought I was strange. For the longest time I didn't realize I was creative - I just thought I was strange.
Diane Ackerman quotes: I'm sure civilizations will still evolve through play, or rather as play, since that seems to be a fundamental mechanism of our humanity. I'm sure civilizations will still evolve through play, or rather as play, since that seems to be a fundamental mechanism of our humanity.
Diane Ackerman quotes: I'm certainly not opposed to digital technology, whose graces I daily enjoy and rely on in so many ways. But I worry about our virtual blinders. I'm certainly not opposed to digital technology, whose graces I daily enjoy and rely on in so many ways. But I worry about our virtual blinders.
Diane Ackerman quotes: No matter how politely one says it, we owe our existence to the farts of blue-green algae. No matter how politely one says it, we owe our existence to the farts of blue-green algae.
Diane Ackerman quotes: We evolved as creatures knitted into the fabric of nature, and without its intimate truths, we can find ourselves unraveling. We evolved as creatures knitted into the fabric of nature, and without its intimate truths, we can find ourselves unraveling.
Diane Ackerman quotes: What would dawn have been like, had you awakened? It would have sung through your bones. All I can do this morning is let it sing through mine. What would dawn have been like, had you awakened? It would have sung through your bones. All I can do this morning is let it sing through mine.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Habitats keep evolving new pageants of species, and we shouldn't interfere. Habitats keep evolving new pageants of species, and we shouldn't interfere.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Music, the perfume of hearing, probably began as a religious act, to arouse groups of people. Music, the perfume of hearing, probably began as a religious act, to arouse groups of people.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Not much is known about alligators. They don't train well. And they're unwieldy and rowdy to work with in laboratories. Not much is known about alligators. They don't train well. And they're unwieldy and rowdy to work with in laboratories.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Nature is also great fun. To pretend that nature isn't fun is to miss much of the joy of being alive. Nature is also great fun. To pretend that nature isn't fun is to miss much of the joy of being alive.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Who would drink from a cup when they can drink from the source? Who would drink from a cup when they can drink from the source?
Diane Ackerman quotes: The more we exile ourselves from nature, the more we crave its miracle waters. The more we exile ourselves from nature, the more we crave its miracle waters.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Fear is danger to your body, but disgust is danger to your soul. Fear is danger to your body, but disgust is danger to your soul.
Diane Ackerman quotes: We can't enchant the world, which makes its own magic; but we can enchant ourselves by paying deep attention We can't enchant the world, which makes its own magic; but we can enchant ourselves by paying deep attention
Diane Ackerman quotes: Adult bats don't weigh much. They're mainly fur and appetite. Adult bats don't weigh much. They're mainly fur and appetite.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Human beings are sloshing sacks of chemicals on the move. Human beings are sloshing sacks of chemicals on the move.
Diane Ackerman quotes: The visual image is a kind of tripwire for the emotions. The visual image is a kind of tripwire for the emotions.
Diane Ackerman quotes: The biggest threat to the religious experience may well come from organized religion itself. The biggest threat to the religious experience may well come from organized religion itself.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Love seems to be as Essential as Sunlight Love seems to be as Essential as Sunlight
Diane Ackerman quotes: There is that unique moment when one confronts something new and astonishment begins. There is that unique moment when one confronts something new and astonishment begins.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Wonder is a bulky emotion. When you let it fill your heart and mind, there isn't room for anxiety, distress or anything else. Wonder is a bulky emotion. When you let it fill your heart and mind, there isn't room for anxiety, distress or anything else.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Adventure is not something you travel to find. It's something you take with you, or you're not going to find it when you arrive. Adventure is not something you travel to find. It's something you take with you, or you're not going to find it when you arrive.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Below us somewhere in the gelatinous phantasmagoria of churning blue, the whales wouldn't be much aware of the storm. Below us somewhere in the gelatinous phantasmagoria of churning blue, the whales wouldn't be much aware of the storm.
Diane Ackerman quotes: Writing, which is my form of celebration and prayer, is also my form of inquiry. Writing, which is my form of celebration and prayer, is also my form of inquiry.

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