Quote by Diane Ackerman
Look at your feet. You are standing in the sky. When we think of t

Look at your feet. You are standing in the sky. When we think of the sky, we tend to look up, but the sky actually begins at the earth. – Diane Ackerman

Other quotes by Diane Ackerman

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

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Poetry
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It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between. – Diane Ackerman

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Discovery
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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

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Nature
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Other Quotes from
Sky & Clouds
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A cloudless plain blue sky is like a flowerless garden. – Terri Guillemets, “Porch swing thoughts,” 2006

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Sky & Clouds

When scattered clouds are resting on the bosoms of hills, it seems as if one might climb into the heavenly region, earth being so intermixed with sky, and gradually transformed into it. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Sky & Clouds

Or those war-clouds that gather on the horizon, dragon-crested, tongued with fire;—how is their barbed strength bridled? what bits are these they are champing with their vaporous lips… – John Ruskin, “The Cloud-Balancings”

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Sky & Clouds

We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds. – Anton Chekhov

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Sky & Clouds

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Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted. – Jules Renard, Journal, 1895 April 10th

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Lack of knowledge… that is the problem. – W. Edwards Deming

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Knowledge

Design Star was incredible, and I didnt think it could get any better, and then Color Splash happened. – David Bromstad

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design

The price of power is responsibility for the public good. – Withrop Aldrich

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power