352 Quotes by Diane Ackerman

Of all the errands life seems to be running, of all the mysteries that enchant us, love is my favorite

The visual image is a kind of tripwire for the emotions.

Love is like a batik created from many emotional colors, it is a fabric whose pattern and brightness may vary.

What an odd, ruminating, noisy, self-interrupting conversation we conduct with ourselves from birth to death.

If we mammals don't get something to eat every day or two, our temperature drops, all our signs fall off, and we begin to starve. Living at biological red alert, it's not surprising how obsessed we are with food; I'm just amazed we don't pace and fret about it all the time.

Writing is my form of celebration and prayer.

In Manhattan last month I heard a woman borrowing the jargon of junkies to say to another, 'Want to do some chocolate?'

Happiness doesn't require laughter, only well-being and a sense that the world is breaking someone else's heart, not mine.

Words are small shapes in the gorgeous chaos of the world.