Even after I'd published three books and had been writing full-time for twenty years, my father continued to urge me to go to law school.
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.
- Susan Orlean
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.
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…
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.
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…
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.
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.
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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