"Sometimes I think I've figured out some order……" — Susan Orlean
"Sometimes I think I've figured out some order in the universe, but then I find myself in Florida"
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126 Quotes by Susan Orlean
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The first thing I think about when I wake up most mornings is the fact that I'm tired.
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Parents, it seems, have an almost Olympian persistence when it comes to suggesting more secure and lucrative lines of work…
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You have to simply love writing, and you have to remind yourself often that you love it.
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I would argue that it might be easier to endure loneliness than to endure the idea that you might disappear.
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I think the real reason is that life has no meaning. I mean, no obvious meaning. You wake up, you…
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Most writing doesn’t take place on the page; it takes place in your head.
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The old orchid hunter lay back on his pillow, his body limp... 'You'll curse the insects,' he said at least,…
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Orchid hunting is a mortal occupation.
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I never thought very many people in the world were very much like John Laroche, but I realized more and…
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Libraries are what is best about us as a society: open, exciting, rich, informative, free, inclusive, engaging.
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When you're researching you're learning. When you're writing, you're teaching.
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There's a marvelous sense of mastery that comes with writing a sentence that sounds exactly as you want it to.
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And I figured out that the reason I couldn't get through the day as well as I can now is…
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I don't have friends, I have thousands of acquaintances. No friends. I figured I had a wife and children.
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I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.
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I haven't figured out why people like what they like. I don't know. I wish I did. I could sell…
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I thought to myself, Join the army. It's free. So I figured while I'm here I'll lose a few pounds.
— John Candy
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I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.
— Muhammad Ali
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Painting is the most magical of mediums. The transcendence is truly amazing to me every time I go to a…
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I was born in 1949, and by the time I was 10, I figured out that my hope chest was…
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Good instincts usually tell you what to do long before your head has figured it out.
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The cleanup costs of polluting a river, injecting pesticides into the ground water, or putting noxious gases into the air…
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She thought she'd put up with however many years of stonewalling for a good reason, and she'd just figured out…
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Doctors and scientists said breaking the four-minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt. Thus, when I…
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