Dog parks are more cliquish than any other human gathering with the possible exception of seventh grade. Deal with it. — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
Dogs really are perfect soldiers. They are brave and smart; they can smell through walls, see in the dark, and eat Army… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
The fact that dogs are not people means you don't have as much response to the particulars. — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
The lesson we have yet to learn from dogs, that could sustain us, is that having no apprehension of the past or… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
Sense of smell, of course, is only one of those dog qualities that can't be replicated or improved upon. I've been researching… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
You may never learn the names of any of the people you talk to in a dog park, even after many, many… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
Having animals in the city is entirely different from having animals out in the country. For one thing, it's more social. When… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
I didn't want to talk, and I didn't think dogs could solve my problems. But they were so uncritical and un-judgmental. Sometimes… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
In an interesting inversion of status, the reigning breed in the dog park these days is the really-oddball-unidentifiable-mixed-breed-mutt-found-wandering-the-street or its equivalent. The… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
“When Rin Tin Tin first became famous, most dogs in the world would not sit down when asked. Dogs performed duties: they… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
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… — Susan Orlean Copy Share
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… — Susan Orlean Copy Share
When my son was born, and after a day of lying-in I was told that I could leave the hospital and take him home,… — Susan Orlean Copy Share
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 Copy Share
I once had a boyfriend who couldn't write unless he was wearing a necktie and a dress shirt, which I thought was really weird,… — Susan Orlean Copy Share
“I, too, had set out to be remembered. I had wanted to create something permanent in my life- some proof that everything in its… — Susan Orlean Copy Share
I think of myself as something of a connoisseur of procrastination, creative and dogged in my approach to not getting things done. — Susan Orlean Copy Share
I'm very excited about my new Spotify account, which gives me access to twenty gazillion songs any time, all the time. The day I… — Susan Orlean Copy Share
I approach stories as a private educational enterprise: I want to learn about something. I teach myself through research, reporting, and thinking, and then,… — Susan Orlean Copy Share
We're fascinated by animals because it's almost like having Martians living among us. We can see some familiarity in them, but they're entirely different… — Susan Orlean Copy Share
My inspiration is really very simple: I'm struck by things that I want to know more about. I really do react just as a… — Susan Orlean Copy Share
I am dismayed to realize that much of the advice I used to parcel out to aspiring writers has passed its sell-by date. — Susan Orlean Copy Share
I wish I had coined the phrase 'tyranny of choice,' but someone beat me to it. The counterintuitive truth is that have an abundance… — Susan Orlean Copy Share
My ace in the hole as a human being used to be my capacity for remembering birthdays. I worked at it. Whenever I made… — Susan Orlean Copy Share
Sometimes I think I've figured out some order in the universe, but then I find myself in Florida — Susan Orlean Copy Share
