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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
Library
Lives
Change
Soul
People
Libraries

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For if I do something, I never do it thoughtlessly.
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Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret.
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The daftest logic brings such sweet unrest.
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I don't want to be a passenger in my own life.
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We can't enchant the world, which makes its own magic but we can enchant ourselves by paying deep attention
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Artificial intelligence is growing up fast, as are robots whose facial expressions can elicit empathy and make your mirror neurons quiver.
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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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I swear I will not dishonor my soul with hatred, but offer myself humbly as a guardian of nature, as a healer of misery, as a messenger of wonder, as an architect of peace.
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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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Look at your feet. You are standing in the sky. When we think of the sky, we tend to look up, but the sky actually begins at the earth.
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Variety is the pledge that matter makes to living things.
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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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Humans are the most successful invasives of all time.
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Writer's block is a luxury most people with deadlines don't have.
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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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It's essential to tailor rehab to what impassions someone. The brain gradually learns by riveting its attention-through endless repetitions.
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