All Quotes by Diane Ackerman
“Wonder is the heaviest element on the periodic table. Even a tiny fleck of it stops time.”
“We're losing biodiversity globally at an alarming rate, and we need a cornucopia of different plants and animals, for the planet's health and our own.”
“As people flock to urban centers where ground space is limited, cities with green walls and roofs and skyscraper farms offer improved health and well-being, renewable resources, reliable food supply, and relief to the environment.”
“Artificial intelligence is growing up fast, as are robots whose facial expressions can elicit empathy and make your mirror neurons quiver.”
“I don't want to be a passenger in my own life.”
“I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to live the width of it as well.”
“Human beings are sloshing sacks of chemicals on the move.”
“It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between.”
“Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. You are looking into a predator's eyes. Most predators have eyes set right on the front of their heads, so they can use binocular vision to sight and track their prey.”
“When art separates this thick tangle of feelings, love bares its bones.”
“We think of it as a sort of traffic accident of the heart. It is an emotion that scares us more than cruelty, more than violence, more than hatred. We allow ourselves to be foiled by the vagueness of the word. After all, love requires the utmost vulnerability. We equip someone with freshly sharpened knives; strip naked; then invite him to stand close. What could be scarier?”
“What would dawn have been like, had you awakened? It would have sung through your bones. All I can do this morning is let it sing through mine.”
“Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight.”
“As people flock to urban centers where ground space is limited, cities with green walls and roofs and skyscraper farms offer improved health and well-being, renewable resources, reliable food supply, and relief to the environment.”