“It is hard to imagine Thomas Kinkade as anything less than supremely self-assured.” SelfHardImagineAssured Author:Susan Orlean
“They will be given as gifts; books that are especially pretty or visual will be bought as hard copies; books that are collectible will continue to be collected; people with lots of bookshelves will keep stocking them; and anyone who likes to make notes in books will keep buying books with margins to fill.” PeopleBookHardGivenNotesLikesVisualsBuyingCopiesMarginsBookshelvesStockingsBuying BooksCollectibles Author:Susan Orlean
“Borders had lousy management and made bad corporate decisions, so its fate is less like a terrible accident than a slow-motion slide into a ditch, but it's hard to be happy about a bookseller's demise.” MadeHardDecisionFateTerribleManagementAccidentsCorporateBordersSlidesDemiseSlow MotionBooksellers Author:Susan Orlean
“There are cultures that believe having your photograph taken steals your soul. I don't think there is a stolen soul in a picture, but still - why is it so hard to throw them away?” ThinkingBelieveStillsSoulHardCultureTakenPhotographStealingYour SoulStolen Author:Susan Orlean
“Who on earth is going to use 'utilize' in a text message, a whopping seven characters including the always-hard-to-type 'z,' when you can say the exact same thing in three characters? I can't think of a sentence in which 'use' can't replace 'utilize.'” ThinkingI CanHardCharacterUseEarthThreeTypeMessagesSevenIncludingSentencesText Message Author:Susan Orlean
“You have to appreciate the spiritual component of having an opportunity to do something as wondrous as writing. You should be practical and smart and you should have a good agent and you should work really, really hard. But you should also be filled with awe and gratitude about this amazing way to be in the world.” WorldWayShouldWritingHardSpiritualOpportunityGratitudeSmartAppreciateShould HaveFilledPracticalsAgentsAweComponentsWondrous Author:Susan Orlean
