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"13 Diane Ackerman Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 7 October 1948. | Poet | Essayist | Naturalist |

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.

The end My life Just lived The length
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Words are small shapes in the gorgeous chaos of the world.

Small shapes Gorgeous chaos The world
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I don’t want to be a passenger in my own life.

Don't want A passenger Own life
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Of all the errands life seems to be running, of all the mysteries that enchant us, love is my favorite.

Errands life Be running Mysteries Enchants us
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Love seems to be as Essential as Sunlight.
Love seems As essential Sunlight
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And yet, words are the passkeys to our souls. Without them, we can't really share the enormity of our lives.

Words The pass keys Our souls Really share
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Love is like a batik created from many emotional colors, it is a fabric whose pattern and brightness may vary.

Love Created from Emotional colors Fabric
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Fear is danger to your body, but disgust is danger to your soul.

Fear Is danger Your body Disgust
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We can't enchant the world, which makes its own magic; but we can enchant ourselves by paying deep attention

Can't enchant The world Own magic By paying
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Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is.

Everyone admits Love Is wonderful Necessary
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Every day our life was full of thoughts of the horrible present, and even our own death.

Every day Life Thought Horrible present
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What sort of stewards of the future planet will today’s digital children be?

What sort Stewards Future planet Today's digital
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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 Wouldn't know Memorable future
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Diane Ackerman Quotes & Sayings