One of the very best reasons for having children is to be reminded of the incomparable joys of a snow day.
Susan OrleanThere was a time when I kept track of it all; when my mind worked like a giant lint brush being swept over the fuzzy surface of popular culture. But these days, pop culture seems to have gotten fuzzier and fuzzier; notoriety comes and goes in the snap of a finger.
Susan OrleanParents, it seems, have an almost Olympian persistence when it comes to suggesting more secure and lucrative lines of work for their children who have the notion that writing is an actual profession. I say this from experience.
Susan OrleanEvery corny thing that's said about living with nature - being in harmony with the earth, feeling the cycle of the seasons - happens to be true.
Susan Orlean