There was nothing to do but wait. It is always like this for naturalis…

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