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Diane Ackerman Quotes


An American author, poet, and naturalist known best for her work A Natural History of the Senses.
Diane Ackerman (born October 7, 1948 in Waukegan, Illinois) is an American author, poet, and naturalist known best for her work A Natural History of the Senses. Her writing style, referring to her best-selling natural history books, can best be described as a blend of poetry, colloquial history, and easy-reading science. She has taught at various universities, including Columbia and Cornell, and her essays regularly appear in distinguished popular and literary journals.

Here are some famous quotes by Diane Ackerman.

We live on the leash of our senses.

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

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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 it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.

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Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected momentary and fleeting yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains.