Diane Ackerman: Quotes about people

Diane Ackerman is Author, poet, naturalist. Explore interesting quotes on people.

Diane Ackerman: 60 quotes6 likes

“Libraries change lives. They are the soul of a people.”

“So much of our life passes in a comfortable blur. Living on the senses requires an easily triggered sense of marvel, a little extra energy, and most people are lazy about life. Life is something that happens to them while they wait for death.”

Diane Ackerman book A Natural History of the Senses

Postscript (p. 305)
A Natural History of the Senses (1990)

“Suicidal people have tunnel vision - no other choice seems possible. A counselor’s job is to put windows and doors in that tunnel.”