Quote by Susan Orlean Download Open image ““Being an orchid hunter has always meant pursuing beautiful things in terrible places.”” — Susan Orlean ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Orchid hunting is a mortal occupation. That has always been part of its charm, Laroche loved orchids, but I came to believe he loved… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
“Orchids are one of the few things in the world that can live forever.” — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
“She thought of the orchids spreading across the plains below, choking the life out of the other plants, out of the soil itself, selfish… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
“To desire orchids is to have a desire that will never be, can never be, fully requited. A collector who wants one of every… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
“Her eyes were as hard and bright as stars. Not the pretty sort that poets mooned about, but the kind that made men's destinies.… — Lauren Willig Copy Share Image
“If you are lost inside the beauties of nature, do not try to be found! Live the beauties to the fullest!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
“If you are lost inside the beauties of nature, do not try to be found!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
“The men had gnawed through the daisy trees until, wild-eyed and yelling, they broke in two and hit the ground. In the huge silence… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“Sometimes things have to be broken and reformed to become truly beautiful.” — Kristen Reed Copy Share Image
“I hunt everywhere for a life worth living. Perhaps if I could die or go mad it would provide a focus for all the… — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
“Be improbable beautiful. Live your life with passion and purpose.” — Sravani Saha Nakhro 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
