In imaginative envy, we idealize what we don't have. The act of yearning for something transmutes it from base metal into gold.


A Natural History of Love (1994)

Diane Ackerman Quotes

In imaginative envy, we idealize what we don't have. The act of yearning for something transmutes it from base metal into gold.

In imaginative envy, we idealize what we don't have. The act of yearning for something transmutes it from base metal into gold.

In imaginative envy, we idealize what we don't have. The act of yearning for something transmutes it from base metal into gold.

In imaginative envy, we idealize what we don't have. The act of yearning for something transmutes it from base metal into gold.