Animal Quotes by Susan Orlean

Dogs really are perfect soldiers. They are brave and smart; they can smell through walls, see in the dark, and eat Army…

— Susan Orlean

Keeping animals, I have learned, is all about water. Who even knew chickens drank water? I didn't, but they do, and a…

— Susan Orlean

Dog parks are more cliquish than any other human gathering with the possible exception of seventh grade. Deal with it.

— Susan Orlean

States should pass laws making it illegal to own or trade wild animals; the phony 'educational' permits that many private owners have…

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In my perfect world, we would establish perhaps four national zoos of unimpeachable quality and close the rest of them.

— Susan Orlean

The fact that dogs are not people means you don't have as much response to the particulars.

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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…

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The lesson we have yet to learn from dogs, that could sustain us, is that having no apprehension of the past or…

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I've definitely taken a lot of consolation from animals in my life. There have been times when I've been really sad, and…

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There will always be vain, obsessive people who want to own rare and extraordinary things whatever the cost; there will always be…

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You may never learn the names of any of the people you talk to in a dog park, even after many, many…

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Sense of smell, of course, is only one of those dog qualities that can't be replicated or improved upon. I've been researching…

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“The art critic and philosopher John Berger once said that we like to look at animals because it reminds us of the…

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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…

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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…

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Having animals in the city is entirely different from having animals out in the country. For one thing, it's more social. When…

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“When Rin Tin Tin first became famous, most dogs in the world would not sit down when asked. Dogs performed duties: they…

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I think coexisting with another life form is a very rich experience. It's why people keep plants and animals.

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Animals can seem more pure. Without complication, I mean, animals are selfless. What animals do for us, they do out of instinct.

— Susan Orlean

“Television wasn't getting rid of animals, but they were no longer cast as creatures that were omniscient and heroic. They were talking…

— Susan Orlean