Diane Ackerman

We live on the leash of our senses. ↗

— Diane Ackerman

#live #our #senses

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

#find #get #i #just #length

Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight. ↗

— Diane Ackerman

#seems #sunlight #touch

A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically. ↗

— Diane Ackerman

#emotions #language #lie #metaphorically #moods

I don't want to be a passenger in my own life. ↗

— Diane Ackerman

#life #my own #own #passenger #want

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

#beside #childhood #conjure #fleeting #lake

Success produces success, just as money produces money. ↗

— Diane Ackerman

#money #produces #success

Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. ↗

— Diane Ackerman

#face #gaze #look #mirror #pins

Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is. ↗

— Diane Ackerman

#just #love #love is #necessary #wonderful