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.
Diane AckermanLove is like a batik created from many emotional colors, it is a fabric whose pattern and brightness may vary.
Diane AckermanHurricane season brings a humbling reminder that, despite our technologies, most of nature remains unpredictable.
Diane AckermanI try to give myself passionately, totally, to whatever I'm observing, with as much affectionate curiosity as I can muster, as a means of understanding a little better what being human is.
Diane Ackerman