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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

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Diane Ackerman
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 7
Author
Naturalist
Non-Fiction Writer
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Waukegan
Illinois
Spaces
Slip
Slips
Small
Phantom
Space
Tranquillity
Away
Treasured
Found
Phantoms
Needs
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