"When I wonder what the future of books……" — Susan Orlean
"When I wonder what the future of books will be, I often think about horses. Before automobiles existed, everyone had a horse. Then cars became available, and their convenience, compared to horses, was undeniable."
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126 Quotes by Susan Orlean
Susan Orlean has 126 quotes on this site.
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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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Sometimes I think I've figured out some order in the universe, but then I find myself in Florida
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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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More Automobiles Quotes
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Car designers are just going to have to come up with an automobile that outlasts the payments.
— Erma Bombeck
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I do not have a merchandise line. I don't sell knives or apparel. Though I have been approached to endorse…
— Anthony Bourdain
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I believe in standardizing automobiles, not human beings.
— Albert Einstein
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I'm not so sure he's wrong about automobiles," he said, "With all their speed forward they may be a step…
— Booth Tarkington
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Every mode of transport that we use - whether it's planes, trains, automobiles, bikes, horses - is reusable, but not…
— Elon Musk
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A traffic jam is a collision between free enterprise and socialism. Free enterprise produces automobiles faster than socialism can build…
— Andrew Joseph Galambos
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The test of a democracy is not the magnificence of buildings or the speed of automobiles or the efficiency of…
— Helen Keller
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It is sunlight in modified form which turns all the windmills and water wheels and the machinery which they drive.…
— John Harvey Kellogg
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America is addicted to oil...We must also change how we power our automobiles. We will increase our research in better…
— George W. Bush
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People who want to see the beauty of nature from motorboats and automobiles would obviously be just as pleased, and…
— Wendell Berry
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The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important things are not houses and…
— Bertrand Russell
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Wildness and silence disappeared from the countryside, sweetness fell from the air, not because anyone wished them to vanish or…
— Archibald MacLeish
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