“In my perfect world, we would establish perhaps four national zoos of unimpeachable quality and close the rest of them.” WorldPerfectQualityFourZoosA Perfect World Author:Susan Orlean
“I've used Twitter now and again to try to figure something out; it's an amazing resource. But I think you have to use it judiciously: it's a self-selected group, so it's important not to start thinking of it as the whole world.” ThinkingWorldTryingImportantSelfWholeUseUsedGroupsFiguresResourcesWhole WorldSelected Author:Susan Orlean
“I think part of a hero construct is overcoming loss, or being abandoned, or having to make your own way in the world.” ThinkingWorldWayLossHeroOvercomingAbandonedConstructs Author:Susan Orlean
“Living in a rural setting exposes you to so many marvelous things - the natural world and the particular texture of small-town life, and the exhilarating experience of open space.” WorldNaturalSpaceParticularTownsSettingSettingsMarvelousSmall TownNatural WorldTextureExhilaratingSmall Town LifeOpen SpacesMarvelous Things Author:Susan Orlean
“The world is so huge that people are always getting lost in it. There are too many ideas and things and people too many directions to go. I was starting to believe that the reason it matters to care passionately about something is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size. It makes the world seem not huge and empty but full of possibility.” PeopleWorldBelieveIdeasMatterReasonSeemsCareLostPossibilityHugeEmptyStartingSizeManageableGetting Lost Book:The Orchid Thief Source: The Orchid Thief
“I never thought very many people in the world were very much like John Laroche, but I realized more and more that he was only an extreme, not an aberration - that most people in some way or another do strive for something exceptional, something to pursue, even at their peril, rather than abide an ordinary life.” PeopleWorldWayOrdinaryStriveExtremesI RealizedPursueExceptionalPerilOrdinary LifeAberration Book:The Orchid Thief Source: The Orchid Thief
“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
