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Them Quotes by Susan Orlean
- I think the real reason is that life has no meaning. I mean, no obvious meaning. You wake up, you go to work, you do…
- When we stopped to rest and Tony tried to figure out what was wrong with his compass, I asked him what he thought it was…
- In my perfect world, we would establish perhaps four national zoos of unimpeachable quality and close the rest of them.
- I have no idea how to get in touch with anyone anymore. Everyone, it seems, has a home phone, a cell phone, a regular e-mail…
- I remember three- and four-week-long snow days, and drifts so deep a small child, namely me, could get lost in them. No such winter exists…
- I had never considered using a hashtag anywhere other than on Twitter, but now I'm inspired. Text messages have always seemed a little flat to…
- 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…
- I might have missed my calling as an editor. In the spring, the sight of my empty garden beds gives me the horticultural equivalent of…
- I wish I had coined the phrase 'tyranny of choice,' but someone beat me to it. The counterintuitive truth is that have an abundance of…
- I've always been afraid of video games - not afraid that I wouldn't like them, but that I would like them too much, and that…
- I've loved some gadgets that were not worthy, and I've loved gadgets that I would have loved more if I had waited for their developers…
- The thing is, I have a zillion apps, and I'm always looking for the perfect arrangement for them, so scrambling my home screen is part…
- 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…
- You may never learn the names of any of the people you talk to in a dog park, even after many, many hours spent there…
- The semiology and phenomenology of hashtaggery intrigues me. From what I understand, it all began very simply: on Twitter, hashtags - those little checkerboard marks…
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- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster