Quotes by : Diane Ackerman

One morning as I closed the cyclone-fence gate / to begin a slow drift / down to the cookhouse on foot....

I was moving in a narrow range between busy distractedness and a pervasive sadness whose granules seemed....

Symbolic of life, hair bolts from our head[s]. Like the earth, it can be harvested, but it will rise....

Living with anyone for many years takes skill. To keep peace in the household, couples learn to adapt....

I'm fascinated how often and with what whole-heartedness people will risk their lives to perform acts....

Love is the best school, but the tuition is high and the homework can be painful.

I don't want to be a passenger in my own life.

The sensory misers will inherit the earth, but first they will make it not worth living on. When you....

Listen, I'd rather lie naked in a plowed field under an incontinent horse for a week than have to read....

I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable....