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Diane Ackerman Quotes about Lying

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We would lie on coral sand, below sugary stars, watching Cassiopeia mount her throne and the Great Bear wash its paws in the South. I would say, I have a secret to tell you. And, folding me in your arms, boyish and sly,

We would lie on coral sand, below sugary stars, watching Cassiopeia mount her throne and the Great Bear wash its paws in the South. I would say, "I have a secret to tell you." And, folding me in your arms, boyish and sly, you would answer: "Whisper it into my mouth.

Stars, Lying, Secret

Diane Ackerman (2011). “Jaguar of Sweet Laughter: New and Selected Poems”, p.102, Vintage

A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically.

Lying, Together, Records

Diane Ackerman (1999). “Deep Play”, Random House Incorporated

As fleeting emotions stalk it, a face can leak fear or the guilt of a forming lie.

Lying, Guilt, Fleeting

Diane Ackerman (2017). “The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story (Movie Tie-in) (Movie Tie-in Editions)”, p.81, W. W. Norton & Company

I consider fiction a very high-class form of lying. I enjoy and admire it enormously, but I don't think I'm very good at it.

Lying, Thinking, Class

"Author Diane Ackerman: 'One Hundred Names for Love'". Interview with Jennifer Haupt, www.psychologytoday.com. May 17, 2012.

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