Diane Ackerman Quotes About Universe

Quotes about: Universe

• I am a great fan of the universe, which I take literally: as one. All of it interests me, and it interests me in detail.

  Diane Ackerman

  Fans, Details, Interest

• There was nothing to do but wait. It is always like this for naturalists, and for poets--the long hours of travel and preparation, and then the longer hours of waiting. All for that one electric, pulse-revving vision when the universe suddenly declares itself.

  Diane Ackerman

  Long, Waiting, Preparation

  Diane Ackerman (2011). “Moon By Whale Light: And Other Adventures Among Bats,Penguins, Crocodilians, and Whales”, p.33, Vintage

• 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

  Rain, Book, Fall

  "Understanding writers, down to the letter / How do authors think? Interviews get behind the words to the creative process" by Steve Weinberg, www.sfgate.com. September 11, 2005.

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