Human relationships used to be easy: you had friends, boy- or girlfriends, parents, children, and landlords. Now, thanks to social media, it's all gone sideways.
Susan OrleanIn my perfect world, we would establish perhaps four national zoos of unimpeachable quality and close the rest of them.
Susan OrleanLiving in a rural setting exposes you to so many marvelous things - the natural world and the particular texture of small-town life, and the exhilarating experience of open space.
Susan OrleanI think part of a hero construct is overcoming loss, or being abandoned, or having to make your own way in the world.
Susan OrleanI never thought very many people in the world were very much like John Laroche, but I realized more and more that he was only an extreme, not an aberration - that most people in some way or another do strive for something exceptional, something to pursue, even at their peril, rather than abide an ordinary life.
Susan Orlean