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

Diane Ackerman

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Diane Ackerman
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 7
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Naturalist
Non-Fiction Writer
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Waukegan
Illinois
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Life

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... love is an act of sedition, a revolt against reason, an uprising in the body politic, a private mutiny.
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Couples are jigsaw puzzles that hang together by touching in just enough points. They're never total fits or misfits. In time, a pair invents its own commonwealth, complete with anthems, rituals, and lingos-a cult of two with fallible gods.
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There is a way of beholding nature which is a form of prayer, a way of minding something with such clarity and aliveness that the rest of the world recedes. It . . . gives the brain a small vacation.
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Adventure is not something you travel to find. It's something you take with you, or you're not going to find it when you arrive.
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Nature is also great fun. To pretend that nature isn't fun is to miss much of the joy of being alive.
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Tranquillity hides in small spaces, and when found needs to be treasured, because you know it's a phantom that will slip away again.
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What would dawn have been like, had you awakened? It would have sung through your bones. All I can do this morning is let it sing through mine.
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Part of the irony of environmentalism is questing for solutions when you know you're part of the problem.
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Culture is what people invent when they have lost nature.
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