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A Natural History of Love: Author of the National Bestseller A Natural History of the Senses

Book by Diane Ackerman · 6 quotes · Love Is, Emotion, People

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A Natural History of Love: Author of the National Bestseller A Natural History of the Senses Quotes

“When I set a glass prism on a windowsill and allow the sun to flood through it, a spectrum of colors dances on the floor. What we call "white" is a rainbow of colored rays packed into a small space. The prism sets them free. Love is the white light of emotion.”

“Love is the most important thing in our lives, a passion for which we would fight or die, and yet we're reluctant to linger over its names. Without a supple vocabulary, we can't even talk or think about it directly.”