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Because poets feel what we're afraid to feel, venture where we're reluctant to go, we learn from their journeys without taking the same dramatic risks.
Diane Ackerman
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Diane Ackerman
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 7
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The visual image is a kind of tripwire for the emotions.
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Smell is the mute sense, the one without words.
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