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Quote by Diane Ackerman
I do not want to get to the end of my life and find that I just li

I do not want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well. – Diane Ackerman

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There is no way in which to understand the world without first detecting it through the radar-net of our senses. – Diane Ackerman

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Senses
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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

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Sky & Clouds
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Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is. – Diane Ackerman

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Love
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At times in my life the only place I have been happy is when I am on stage. – Bob Dylan

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Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going. – Tennessee Williams

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To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice. – Khalil Gibran

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A dog will teach you unconditional love. If you can have that in your life, things wont be too bad. – Robert Wagner

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