--- title: "3 Cell phone Quotes By Susan Orlean" description: "3 Cell phone quotes by Susan Orlean. Plus more from Susan Orlean and more Cell phone sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bd/susan-orlean-2207_cell-phone_now-we-re-e-mailing-and-tweeting-and-tex_554885.jpg" --- > [Now we're e-mailing and tweeting and texting so much, a phone call comes as a fresh surprise. I get text messages on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-orlean/now-we-re-e-mailing-and-tweeting-and-texting-so-much-a-phone-call/) [Susan Orlean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-orlean/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bd/susan-orlean-2207_cell-phone_now-we-re-e-mailing-and-tweeting-and-tex_554885.jpg) > [I want to let my friend Buster know that I would like to have dinner with him tonight. Does Buster work at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-orlean/i-want-to-let-my-friend-buster-know-that-i-would-like-to-have-dinner/) [Susan Orlean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-orlean/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95f/susan-orlean-2207_busters_i-want-to-let-my-friend-buster-know-that_866023.png) > [I have no idea how to get in touch with anyone anymore. Everyone, it seems, has a home phone, a cell phone,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-orlean/i-have-no-idea-how-to-get-in-touch-with-anyone-anymore-everyone-it/) [Susan Orlean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-orlean/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/062/susan-orlean-2207_accounts_i-have-no-idea-how-to-get-in-touch-with_2705227.png) ## Other authors on Cell phone - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-martin-cooper-64681.jpg) Martin Cooper 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cell-phone/martin-cooper/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-maggie-stiefvater-62633.jpg) Maggie Stiefvater 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cell-phone/maggie-stiefvater/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-julie-james-54346.jpg) Julie James 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cell-phone/julie-james/) - [Steven Magee 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cell-phone/steven-magee/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-andrew-strauss-13078.jpg) Alex Low 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cell-phone/alex-low/) - [Jarod Kintz 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cell-phone/jarod-kintz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-j-t-ellison-1281.jpg) J.T. Ellison 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cell-phone/j-t-ellison/) ## More by 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-orlean/i-ve-used-twitter-now-and-again-to-try-to-figure-something-out-it-s/) [Susan Orlean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-orlean/who-on-earth-is-going-to-use-utilize-in-a-text-message-a-whopping/) [Susan Orlean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-orlean/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-orlean/when-my-son-was-born-and-after-a-day-of-lying-in-i-was-told-that-i/) [Susan Orlean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-orlean/i-m-happy-to-be-reminded-that-an-ordinary-day-full-of-nothing-but/) [Susan Orlean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-orlean/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-orlean/i-once-had-a-boyfriend-who-couldn-t-write-unless-he-was-wearing-a/) [Susan Orlean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-orlean/) > [“I, too, had set out to be remembered. I had wanted to create something permanent in my life- some proof that everything in its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-orlean/i-too-had-set-out-to-be-remembered-i-had-wanted-to-create-something/) [Susan Orlean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-orlean/) > [I think of myself as something of a connoisseur of procrastination, creative and dogged in my approach to not getting things done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-orlean/i-think-of-myself-as-something-of-a-connoisseur-of-procrastination/) [Susan Orlean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-orlean/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-orlean/i-m-very-excited-about-my-new-spotify-account-which-gives-me-access/) [Susan Orlean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-orlean/) > [I approach stories as a private educational enterprise: I want to learn about something. I teach myself through research, reporting, and thinking, and then,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-orlean/i-approach-stories-as-a-private-educational-enterprise-i-want-to/) [Susan Orlean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-orlean/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-orlean/we-re-fascinated-by-animals-because-it-s-almost-like-having-martians/) [Susan Orlean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-orlean/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-orlean/my-inspiration-is-really-very-simple-i-m-struck-by-things-that-i-want/) [Susan Orlean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-orlean/) > [I am dismayed to realize that much of the advice I used to parcel out to aspiring writers has passed its sell-by date.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-orlean/i-am-dismayed-to-realize-that-much-of-the-advice-i-used-to-parcel-out/) [Susan Orlean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-orlean/i-wish-i-had-coined-the-phrase-tyranny-of-choice-but-someone-beat-me/) [Susan Orlean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-orlean/) > [My ace in the hole as a human being used to be my capacity for remembering birthdays. I worked at it. Whenever I made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-orlean/my-ace-in-the-hole-as-a-human-being-used-to-be-my-capacity-for/) [Susan Orlean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-orlean/) > [Sometimes I think I've figured out some order in the universe, but then I find myself in Florida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-orlean/sometimes-i-think-i-ve-figured-out-some-order-in-the-universe-but/) [Susan Orlean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-orlean/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cell-phone/susan-orlean/#itemlist", "name": "3 Cell phone Quotes By Susan Orlean", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Now we're e-mailing and tweeting and texting so much, a phone call comes as a fresh surprise. 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