The world is so huge that people are always getting lost in it. There are too many ideas and things and people too many directions to go. I was starting to believe that the reason it matters to care passionately about something is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size. It makes the world seem not huge and empty but full of possibility.
Susan OrleanI would argue that it might be easier to endure loneliness than to endure the idea that you might disappear.
Susan OrleanI love writing traditional magazine pieces, and especially their breadth of reporting and the deliberateness of the writing.
Susan OrleanI am unusually Halloween-attentive, because, as it happens, I was born on Halloween, so for me it has always been an occasion of great moment.
Susan Orlean