Exhilarating Quote by Susan Orlean

Mostly the natural landscapes work as a sounding board for my characters, so they can understand themselves, and it acts as a mirror in…

— Bonnie Jo Campbell

I've always lived in rural areas, remote areas. It's very educational to kind of see how life is in the big city.

— Steven Rinella

I've always been sort of interested in the rural countryside. Things happen out there that are very strange to city dwellers.

— John Sandford

My father worked in agriculture, and I got to travel round remote rural areas with him and see a bit of the landscape and…

— Giles Foden

I lived a few miles outside of a tiny town in central Oklahoma. I would often run amok though the fields of wheat, the…

— Chelsea Manning

I have seen rural life and met all kinds of people.

— Smriti Irani

Once wealth and beauty are gone, there is always rural life.

— Mason Cooley

The older I get, the more I appreciate my rural childhood. I spent a lot of time outdoors, unsupervised, which is a blessing.

— Barbara Kingsolver

I will always approach life from a small-town vibe. It makes experiences more fantastical,

— Landon Liboiron

Growing up in a rural setting in Minnesota, I was raised with the outdoors and a sense of adventure.

— Ann Bancroft

Being born in a small town, you have got many advantages. You get to experience so many things in life.

— Jaideep Ahlawat

There are aspects of small town life that I really like - the routine nature of it, the idea of people knowing you and…

— Cress Williams