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Libraries change lives. They are the soul of a people.

Diane Ackerman

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Diane Ackerman
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 7
Author
Naturalist
Non-Fiction Writer
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Waukegan
Illinois
Change
Soul
People
Libraries
Library
Lives

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It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between.
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There was nothing to do but wait. It is always like this for naturalists, and for poets--the long hours of travel and preparation, and then the longer hours of waiting. All for that one electric, pulse-revving vision when the universe suddenly declares itself.
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In the winter, I enjoy cross-country skiing and raising orchids and amaryllises. If I could grow tropical flowers as perennials, I would, especially hibiscus and mandavilla.
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There's no place you can go on the prairie that you don't hear the white noise of the wind, steady and rough as surf curling along a non-existant shore.
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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.
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Nature is more like a seesaw than a crystal, a never-ending conga line of bold moves and corrections.
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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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History is an agreed-upon fiction.
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On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million souls. Steam rising from vents underground makes you wonder if there isn't one giant sweat gland lodged beneath the city.
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I am a great fan of the universe, which I take literally: as one. All of it interests me, and it interests me in detail.
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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.
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We live on the leash of our senses.
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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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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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We have vexed and bothered every plant and every animal on every continent.
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After all, coffee is bitter, a flavor from the forbidden and dangerous realm.
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One of the things I like best about animals in the wild is that they're always off on some errand. They have appointments to keep. It's only we humans who wonder what we're here for.
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Adult bats don't weigh much. They're mainly fur and appetite.
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