I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well. —Diane Ackerman
“I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.”

Diane Ackerman American writer

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Whatsoever length n widths should be fruitful n contributor to the society as well as country

Qumar sultana from Jaipur Rajasthan
July 26, 2016

Diane Ackerman, those words were right to the point yet, poetic! Thank you.

Holly from Cissna Park, IL
May 10, 2016

thankyou diane ackerman!!!!!

V from Warkworth
March 8, 2016

i love this quote

mini from 444440
March 2, 2016

This should be everyone's goal!!

Adreanna from Florence, SC
March 2, 2016

Makes my day better!

Joslyn from Aurora Colorado
February 26, 2016

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