Quote by Susan Orlean
Parents, it seems, have an almost Olympian persistence when it com

Parents, it seems, have an almost Olympian persistence when it comes to suggesting more secure and lucrative lines of work for their children who have the notion that writing is an actual profession. I say this from experience. – Susan Orlean

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Living 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 Orlean

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When I wonder what the future of books will be, I often think about horses. Before automobiles existed, everyone had a horse. Then cars became available, and their convenience, compared to horses, was undeniable. – Susan Orlean

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In the course of transferring all my CDs to my iPod, I have found myself wandering the musical hallways of my past and reacquainting myself with music I havent listened to in years. – Susan Orlean

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All experience is an arch, to build upon. – Henry Adams

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If you search and search and stop searching, then ultimately youll find what you need. It is the experience of living. – Marion Cotillard

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Literature overtakes history, for literature gives you more than one life. It expands experience and opens new opportunities to readers. – Carlos Fuentes

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The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination. – Moses Hadas

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