Who would deduce the dragonfly from the larva, the iris from the bud, the lawyer from the infant? ...We are all shape-shifters and magical reinventors. Life is really a plural noun, a caravan of selves.
Diane AckermanWe live on the leash of our senses. There is no way in which to understand the world without first detecting it through the radar-net of our senses.
Diane AckermanWe can't enchant the world, which makes its own magic; but we can enchant ourselves by paying deep attention
Diane AckermanWhat a lonely species we are, searching for signals of life from other galaxies, adopting companion animals, visiting parks and zoos to commune with other beasts. In the process, we discover our shared identity.
Diane Ackerman