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.
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Hit a tripwire of smell and memories explode all at once. A complex vision leaps out of the undergrowth.Diane Ackerman
We live on the leash of our senses.
Diane Ackerman
I think if you look at any facet of nature in enough detail, you find it fascinating. How could you not The universe is so full of marvels. Here's an example -- rain, the shape of rain. I was minding my own business, working on my book, looking out the window, and it was raining and I was noticing that the raindrops were falling in that classic round-looking way, and I thought, 'I wonder if raindrops really are round' So I started researching it a little, and I discovered that raindrops change shape 300 times a second.
Diane Ackerman
It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between.
Diane Ackerman
Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight.
Diane Ackerman
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