Sometimes I think I've figured out some order in the universe, but then I find myself in Florida
Susan OrleanThere's a marvelous sense of mastery that comes with writing a sentence that sounds exactly as you want it to.
Susan OrleanThe one thing I've discovered about social media is that people love answering questions. In fact, it sometimes feels like at any given moment, millions of people are online who have been waiting for exactly the question you fire off.
Susan OrleanI remember three- and four-week-long snow days, and drifts so deep a small child, namely me, could get lost in them. No such winter exists in the record, but that's how Ohio winters seemed to me when I was little - silent, silver, endless, and dreamy.
Susan OrleanI'm happy to be reminded that an ordinary day full of nothing but nothingness can make you feel like you've won the lottery.
Susan OrleanWhen I was a kid, phone calls were a premium commodity; only the very coolest kids had a phone line of their own, and long-distance phone calls were made after eleven, when the rates went down, unless you were flamboyant with your spending. Then phone calls became as cheap as dirt and as constant as rain, and I was on the phone all the time.
Susan Orlean