Election Day outside of big cities is different. For one thing, there are so few people in my town that each individual vote really does matter, and several local races have been decided by as many votes as you can count on one hand.
I wish I had coined the phrase 'tyranny of choice,' but someone beat me to it. The counterintuitive truth is that have an abundance of options does n… - Susan Orlean
I wish I had coined the phrase 'tyranny of choice,' but someone beat me to it. The counterintuitive truth is that have an abundance of options does n…
- Susan Orlean
I'm happy to be reminded that an ordinary day full of nothing but nothingness can make you feel like you've won the lottery. - Susan Orlean
I'm happy to be reminded that an ordinary day full of nothing but nothingness can make you feel like you've won the lottery.
One of the very best reasons for having children is to be reminded of the incomparable joys of a snow day. - Susan Orlean
One of the very best reasons for having children is to be reminded of the incomparable joys of a snow day.
The old orchid hunter lay back on his pillow, his body limp... 'You'll curse the insects,' he said at least, 'and you'll curse the natives... The sun… - Susan Orlean
The old orchid hunter lay back on his pillow, his body limp... 'You'll curse the insects,' he said at least, 'and you'll curse the natives... The sun…
An ordinary life examined closely reveals itself to be exquisite and complicated and exceptional, somehow managing to be both heroic and plain. - Susan Orlean
An ordinary life examined closely reveals itself to be exquisite and complicated and exceptional, somehow managing to be both heroic and plain.
There's a marvelous sense of mastery that comes with writing a sentence that sounds exactly as you want it to. - Susan Orlean
There's a marvelous sense of mastery that comes with writing a sentence that sounds exactly as you want it to.
You have to simply love writing, and you have to remind yourself often that you love it. - Susan Orlean
You have to simply love writing, and you have to remind yourself often that you love it.
Libraries are what is best about us as a society: open, exciting, rich, informative, free, inclusive, engaging. - Susan Orlean
Libraries are what is best about us as a society: open, exciting, rich, informative, free, inclusive, engaging.
Most writing doesn’t take place on the page; it takes place in your head. - Susan Orlean
Most writing doesn’t take place on the page; it takes place in your head.
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