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Diane Ackerman Quotes about Love

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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; another, a moonlit beach; a third, a family dinner of pot

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; another, a moonlit beach; a third, a family dinner of pot roast and sweet potatoes during a myrtle-mad August in a Midwestern town. Smells detonate softly in our memory like poignant land mines hidden under the weedy mass of years. Hit a tripwire of smell and memories explode all at once. A complex vision leaps out of the undergrowth.

Love, Summer, Beach

"A Natural History of the Senses". Book by Diane Ackerman, 1990.

Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight.

Love, Essentials, Sunlight

Diane Ackerman (2011). “A Natural History of the Senses”, p.80, Vintage

Love is the best school, but the tuition is high and the homework can be painful.

Love, School, Tuition

Diane Ackerman (2014). “The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us”, p.122, W. W. Norton & Company

Love is the white light of emotion.

Love, Light, White

Diane Ackerman (2011). “A Natural History of Love: Author of the National Bestseller A Natural History of the Senses”, p.16, Vintage

Love, like truth, is the unassailable defense.

Love, Defense, Truth Is

Diane Ackerman (2011). “A Natural History of Love: Author of the National Bestseller A Natural History of the Senses”, p.17, Vintage

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