Diane Ackerman
Diane Ackerman
Diane Ackermanis an American poet, essayist, and naturalist known for her wide-ranging curiosity and poetic explorations of the natural world...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth7 October 1948
CountryUnited States of America
Diane Ackerman quotes about
lying guilt fleeting
As fleeting emotions stalk it, a face can leak fear or the guilt of a forming lie.
lying together normal
A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically.
stars lying secret
We would lie on coral sand, below sugary stars, watching Cassiopeia mount her throne and the Great Bear wash its paws in the South. I would say, "I have a secret to tell you." And, folding me in your arms, boyish and sly, you would answer: "Whisper it into my mouth.
mother hair squids
My mother always said I must be part Mongolian because of my lotus-pale complexion and squid-ink black hair.
powerful romantic-love desire
One of the keystones of romantic love - and also of the ecstatic religion practiced by mystics - is the powerful desire to become one with the beloved.
book order ideas
So before I start work on a book, I'm like a pregnant mole - I obsessively tidy and order my closets and everything in my study. Because there's such a cascade of images and ideas that I'm grapping with mentally, I couldn't also be in a chaotic setting.
ghouls safety usual
Our sense of safety depends on predictability, so anything living outside the usual rules we suspect to be an outlaw, a ghoul.
technology hurricanes reminders
Hurricane season brings a humbling reminder that, despite our technologies, most of nature remains unpredictable.
growing-up expression mirrors
Artificial intelligence is growing up fast, as are robots whose facial expressions can elicit empathy and make your mirror neurons quiver.
garden boston house
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.
technology worry grace
I'm certainly not opposed to digital technology, whose graces I daily enjoy and rely on in so many ways. But I worry about our virtual blinders.
moving lines crystals
Nature is more like a seesaw than a crystal, a never-ending conga line of bold moves and corrections.
water miracle exile
The more we exile ourselves from nature, the more we crave its miracle waters.
memories self brain
All relationships change the brain - but most important are the intimate bonds that foster or fail us, altering the delicate circuits that shape memories, emotions and that ultimate souvenir, the self.