Susan Orlean Quotes
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The library is a gathering pool of narratives and of the people who come to find them. It is where we can glimpse immortality; in the library, we can live forever.
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I think coexisting with another life form is a very rich experience. It's why people keep plants and animals.
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An ordinary life examined closely reveals itself to be exquisite and complicated and exceptional, somehow managing to be both heroic and plain.
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The reading of the book was a journey. There was no need for souvenirs.
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You have to simply love writing, and you have to remind yourself often that you love it.
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I love convincing a reader that an unusual or seemingly ordinary subject is worth his or her time - it's part of the fun for me as a writer.
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Writing a book, just like building a library, is an act of sheer defiance. It is a declaration that you believe in the persistence of memory.
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There's a marvelous sense of mastery that comes with writing a sentence that sounds exactly as you want it to.