One of my favorite activities as a teen-ager was to watch television over the phone with my best friend. – Susan Orlean
When my son was born, and after a day of lying-in I was told that I could leave the hospital and take him home, I burst into tears. It wasnt the emotion of the moment: it was shock and horror. – Susan Orlean
Sometimes Im dazzled by how modern and fabulous we are, and how easy everything can be for us thats the gilded glow of technology, and I marvel at it all the time. – Susan Orlean
There will always be vain, obsessive people who want to own rare and extraordinary things whatever the cost there will always be people for whom owning beautiful, dangerous animals brings a sense of power and magic. – Susan Orlean