Diane Ackerman

Diane Ackerman

Country Unknown
Born Monday, 30 November -0001
Category
Quotes 22

About Author

Poet

Quotes by Diane Ackerman

Title Category
Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own Uncategorized
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. Uncategorized
Who you are isn't tied solely to what you say, even though it may feel that way to you now. Uncategorized
Tranquillity hides in small spaces, and when found needs to be treasured, because you know it's a phantom that will slip away again. Uncategorized
Though we marry as adults, we don't marry adults. We marry children who have grown up and still rejoice in being children, especially if we're creative. Uncategorized
Life is a thing that mutates without warning, not always in enviable ways. All part of the improbable adventure of being alive, of being a brainy biped with giant dreams on a crazy blue planet. Uncategorized
Just as big cities can deplete you with their noise and crowds and sheer sensory overload, a hospital can exhaust you, as its changing faces and personalities blur and strangers wake you repeatedly. Uncategorized
It's essential to tailor rehab to what impassions someone. The brain gradually learns by riveting its attention-through endless repetitions. Uncategorized
Disassociating, mindfulness, transcendence-whatever the label-it's a sort of loophole in our contract with reality, a form of self-rescue. Uncategorized
Disassociating, mindfulness, transcendence-whatever the label-it's a sort of loophole in our contract with reality, a form of self-rescue. Uncategorized
Couples are jigsaw puzzles that hang together by touching in just enough points. They're never total fits or misfits. Uncategorized
Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. Uncategorized
We live on the leash of our senses. Uncategorized
Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. Uncategorized
Success produces success, just as money produces money. Uncategorized
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. Uncategorized
It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between. Uncategorized
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. Uncategorized
I don't want to be a passenger in my own life. Uncategorized
A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically. Uncategorized

Random Poll

Which do you think is the best pizza outlet?

Here a list of pizza corners are given.Choose your favourite.
No answer selected. Please try again.
Please select either existing option or enter your own, however not both.
Please select minimum {0} answer(s).
Please select maximum {0} answer(s).
/polls/family-and-home/5950-which-do-you-think-is-the-best-pizza-outlet.json?task=poll.vote
5950
checkbox
1
[{"id":20494,"title":"Pizza Hut","votes":48,"type":"x","order":0,"pct":39.67,"resources":[]},{"id":20495,"title":"Dominoes","votes":60,"type":"x","order":0,"pct":49.59,"resources":[]},{"id":20496,"title":"Papa John's","votes":3,"type":"x","order":0,"pct":2.48,"resources":[]},{"id":20497,"title":"Pizza corner","votes":8,"type":"x","order":0,"pct":6.61,"resources":[]},{"id":20498,"title":"other(specify)","votes":2,"type":"x","order":0,"pct":1.65,"resources":[]}] ["#ff5b00","#4ac0f2","#b80028","#eef66c","#60bb22","#b96a9a","#62c2cc"] ["rgba(255,91,0,0.7)","rgba(74,192,242,0.7)","rgba(184,0,40,0.7)","rgba(238,246,108,0.7)","rgba(96,187,34,0.7)","rgba(185,106,154,0.7)","rgba(98,194,204,0.7)"] 350
Category: Family & Home
Total votes: 121
Last vote 8 months ago

Comment

bottom 200

Quotes Categories