Dog parks are more cliquish than any other human gathering with the possible exception of seventh grade. Deal with it.
Susan OrleanLibraries are what is best about us as a society: open, exciting, rich, informative, free, inclusive, engaging.
Susan OrleanStates should pass laws making it illegal to own or trade wild animals; the phony 'educational' permits that many private owners have used to skirt those laws should be eliminated.
Susan OrleanWhen we stopped to rest and Tony tried to figure out what was wrong with his compass, I asked him what he thought it was about orchids that seduced humans so completely that they were compelled to steal them and worship them and try to breed new and specific kinds of them and then be willing to wait for nearly a decade for one of them to flower.
Susan Orlean