Susan Orlean Quotes About Giving

Quotes about: Giving

• I had never considered using a hashtag anywhere other than on Twitter, but now I'm inspired. Text messages have always seemed a little flat to me, so the murmuring Greek chorus of a hashtag might be a perfect way to liven them up and give them a bit of dimension.

  Susan Orlean

  Giving, Perfect, Greek

  "Rehash" by Susan Orlean, www.newyorker.com. July 14, 2010.

• I might have missed my calling as an editor. In the spring, the sight of my empty garden beds gives me the horticultural equivalent of writers' block: So much space! So many plants to choose among, and yet none of them seem quite right!

  Susan Orlean

  Block, Spring, Garden

  "Prune" by Susan Orlean, www.newyorker.com. September 28, 2010.

• I'm much more willing to buy a novel electronically by someone I don't know. Because if halfway through I think, I don't really like this, I can just stop. I can't throw books out, even if I think they're crummy. I feel like I've got to give it to the library. I've got to loan it to somebody, or I keep it on my shelf. It's like a plant.

  Susan Orlean

  Book, Thinking, Giving

  "The Authors' Roundtable". Interview with Jon Meacham, www.newsweek.com. June 26, 2009.

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