For better or worse, zoos are how most people come to know big or exotic animals. Few will ever see wild penguins sledding downhill to sea on their bellies, giant pandas holding bamboo lollipops in China or tree porcupines in the Canadian Rockies, balled up like giant pine cones.
Diane AckermanOur sense of safety depends on predictability, so anything living outside the usual rules we suspect to be an outlaw, a ghoul.
Diane AckermanA poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically.
Diane AckermanOf all the errands life seems to be running, of all the mysteries that enchant us, love is my favorite
Diane Ackerman