Diane Ackerman Quotes

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.
Diane Ackerman

Nature, Nothing, Unexpected

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

Life, Passenger

A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically.
Diane Ackerman

Lie, Together, Language

Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is.
Diane Ackerman

Love, Wonderful, Everyone

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.
Diane Ackerman

Life, End, Find

Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight.
Diane Ackerman

Touch, Seems, Essential

It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between.
Diane Ackerman

Beautiful, End, Country

Success produces success, just as money produces money.
Diane Ackerman

Success, Money, Produces

Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret.
Diane Ackerman

Secret, Face, Mirror

We live on the leash of our senses.
Diane Ackerman

Live, Senses, Leash

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Poet

Born: October 7, 1948

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