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I plan my garden as I wish I could plan my life, with islands of surprise, color, and scent. A seductive aspect of gardening is how many rituals it requires.

— Diane Ackerman

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It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between.

A Natural History of the Senses (1990)

But, as sages have long said, the sexiest part of the body and the best aphrodisiac in the world is the imagination.

A Natural History of the Senses (1990)

Human beings are sloshing sacks of chemicals on the move.

An Alchemy of Mind : The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain (2004)

My muse is male, has the silvery complexion of the moon, and never speaks to me directly.

A Natural History of the Senses (1990)

Artificial intelligence is growing up fast, as are robots whose facial expressions can elicit empathy and make your mirror neurons quiver.

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Show me your garden, provided it be your own, and I will tell you what you are like.

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Nothing is more completely the child of art than a garden.

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We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

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