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Diane Ackerman
American
Poet
About the author
I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.
Diane Ackerman,
American
Poet
#Want
#Life
#End
It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between.
Diane Ackerman,
American
Poet
#Will
#End
#Country
#Lies
#Mystery
Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret.
Diane Ackerman,
American
Poet
Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains.
Diane Ackerman,
American
Poet
#Nothing
#Mountains
#Childhood
#Summer
Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight.
Diane Ackerman,
American
Poet
Success produces success, just as money produces money.
Diane Ackerman,
American
Poet
#Success
#Money
A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically.
Diane Ackerman,
American
Poet
#Moods
#Language
#Emotions
#Lie
Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is.
Diane Ackerman,
American
Poet
#Love
I don't want to be a passenger in my own life.
Diane Ackerman,
American
Poet
#Want
#Life
We live on the leash of our senses.
Diane Ackerman,
American
Poet
#Senses