Quote

... love is an act of sedition, a revolt against reason, an uprising in the body politic, a private mutiny.

Diane Ackerman

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Diane Ackerman
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 7
Author
Naturalist
Non-Fiction Writer
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Waukegan
Illinois
Reason
Love
Sedition
Mutiny
Politic
Uprising
Revolt
Private
Body

More quotes by Diane Ackerman

Image
As a species, we've somehow survived large and small ice ages, genetic bottlenecks, plagues, world wars and all manner of natural disasters, but I sometimes wonder if we'll survive our own ingenuity.
Diane Ackerman
Image
Because we can't escape our ancient hunger to live close to nature, we encircle the house with lawns and gardens, install picture windows, adopt pets and Boston ferns, and scent everything that touches our lives.
Diane Ackerman
Image
What an odd, ruminating, noisy, self-interrupting conversation we conduct with ourselves from birth to death.
Diane Ackerman
Image
Tranquillity hides in small spaces, and when found needs to be treasured, because you know it's a phantom that will slip away again.
Diane Ackerman
Image
Habitats keep evolving new pageants of species, and we shouldn't interfere.
Diane Ackerman
Image
Variety is the pledge that matter makes to living things.
Diane Ackerman
Image
Writer's block is a luxury most people with deadlines don't have.
Diane Ackerman
Image
The daftest logic brings such sweet unrest.
Diane Ackerman
Image
Poetry reminds us of the truths about life and human nature that we knew all along, but forgot somehow because they weren't yet in memorable language.
Diane Ackerman
Image
Couples are jigsaw puzzles that hang together by touching in just enough points. They're never total fits or misfits. In time, a pair invents its own commonwealth, complete with anthems, rituals, and lingos-a cult of two with fallible gods.
Diane Ackerman
Image
People search for love as if it were a city lost beneath the desert dunes, where pleasure is the law, the streets are lined with brocade cushions, and the sun never sets.
Diane Ackerman
Image
There are well-dressed foolish ideas just as there are well-dressed fools.
Diane Ackerman
Image
Love is the most important thing in our lives, a passion for which we would fight or die, and yet we're reluctant to linger over its names. Without a supple vocabulary, we can't even talk or think about it directly.
Diane Ackerman
Image
After all, coffee is bitter, a flavor from the forbidden and dangerous realm.
Diane Ackerman
Image
Of all the errands life seems to be running, of all the mysteries that enchant us, love is my favorite
Diane Ackerman
Image
Part of the irony of environmentalism is questing for solutions when you know you're part of the problem.
Diane Ackerman
Image
No matter how politely one says it, we owe our existence to the farts of blue-green algae.
Diane Ackerman
Image
I hate the fearful trimming of possibilities that age brings.
Diane Ackerman
Image
Our relationship with nature has changed radically, irreversibly, but by no means all for the bad. Our new epoch is laced with invention. Our mistakes are legion, but our talent is immeasurable.
Diane Ackerman
Image
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.
Diane Ackerman