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Of all the errands life seems to be running, of all the mysteries that enchant us, love is my favorite

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Diane Ackerman
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 7
Author
Naturalist
Non-Fiction Writer
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Waukegan
Illinois
Favorite
Mystery
Running
Seems
Love
Life
Enchant
Errands
Mysteries

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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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I don't want to be a passenger in my own life.
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Hurricane season brings a humbling reminder that, despite our technologies, most of nature remains unpredictable.
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Libraries change lives. They are the soul of a people.
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I consider fiction a very high-class form of lying. I enjoy and admire it enormously, but I don't think I'm very good at it.
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Life becomes a lot simpler for a creative person when he or she finds the routine that works best. ... get in the habit of going through the routine every day, and on some of those days, you're going to be lucky and have done some good work. ... Go to your study, close the door, invent your confidence.
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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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