The Moon by Whale Light and Other Adventures Among Bats, Penguins, Crocodilians and Whales Quotes

“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, The Moon by Whale Light and Other Adventures Among Bats, Penguins, Crocodilians and Whales

“Alligators have beautiful undulating skin, which feels dense, spongy, solid, like the best eraser.”
― Diane Ackerman, The Moon by Whale Light and Other Adventures Among Bats, Penguins, Crocodilians and Whales

“There is a way of beholding nature that is itself a form of prayer.”
― Diane Ackerman, The Moon by Whale Light and Other Adventures Among Bats, Penguins, Crocodilians and Whales

“They spend their whole lives yelling at the world and each other. They yell at their loved ones, they yell at their enemies, they yell at their dinner, they yell at the big bustling world.”
― Diane Ackerman, Moon By Whale Light: And Other Adventures Among Bats,Penguins, Crocodilians, and Whales

“A frog croaked a deep throaty I am.”
― Diane Ackerman, The Moon by Whale Light and Other Adventures Among Bats, Penguins, Crocodilians and Whales