Diane Ackerman Quotes

"It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between."
- Diane Ackerman
(Related: Country, End, Lies, Mystery, Will)

"Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret."
- Diane Ackerman

"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
(Related: Childhood, Mountains, Nothing, Summer)

"Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight."
- Diane Ackerman

"Success produces success, just as money produces money."
- Diane Ackerman
(Related: Money, Success)

"A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically."
- Diane Ackerman
(Related: Lie, Emotions, Language, Moods)

"Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is."
- Diane Ackerman
(Related: Love)

"I don't want to be a passenger in my own life."
- Diane Ackerman
(Related: Life, Want)

"We live on the leash of our senses."
- Diane Ackerman
(Related: Senses)