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Choice is a signature of our species.

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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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Screenwriter
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Waukegan
Illinois
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Choice
Choices

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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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Of all the errands life seems to be running, of all the mysteries that enchant us, love is my favorite
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Which is crueler, an old man's lost memories of a life lived, or a young man's lost memories of the life he meant to live?
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Humans are the most successful invasives of all time.
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We humans are obsessed with lights...Perhaps it is our way of hurling the constellations back at the sky.
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After all, coffee is bitter, a flavor from the forbidden and dangerous realm.
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We evolved as creatures knitted into the fabric of nature, and without its intimate truths, we can find ourselves unraveling.
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Hurricane season brings a humbling reminder that, despite our technologies, most of nature remains unpredictable.
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What an odd, ruminating, noisy, self-interrupting conversation we conduct with ourselves from birth to death.
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For if I do something, I never do it thoughtlessly.
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I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and deeply spiritual, glorifying the smallest life-form and embracing the most distant stars.
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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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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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Flight is nothing but an attitude in motion.
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As the most social apes, we inhabit a mirror-world in which every important relationship, whether with spouse, friend or child, shapes the brain, which in turn shapes our relationships.
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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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Nature neither gives nor expects mercy.
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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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... love is an act of sedition, a revolt against reason, an uprising in the body politic, a private mutiny.
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We live on the leash of our senses.
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