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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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It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between.
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No matter how politely one says it, we owe our existence to the farts of blue-green algae.
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There are well-dressed foolish ideas just as there are well-dressed fools.
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The knowing, I told myself, is only a vapor of the mind, and yet it can wreck havok with one's sanity.
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