Susan Orlean Quotes

The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.

Magic is the total delight (appreciation) of chance

Passion surprises. One doesn't search it. It can happen to you tomorrow.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

My Christmas wish would be to have an entire week off. To spend it with my family and just curl up and watch Christmas movies when it's snowing outside.

Talk about the joys of the unexpected, can they compare with the joys of the expected, of finding everything delightfully and completely what you knew it was going to be?

That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.

Why hurry over beautiful things? Why not linger and enjoy them?

Not by appointment do we meet delight Or joy; they heed not our expectancy; But round some corner of the streets of life they of a sudden greet us with a smile.

I had forgotten how thrilling a snow day is until my son started school, and as much as he loves it, he swoons at the idea of a free day arriving unexpectedly, laid out like a gift.

I remember wishing there was snow in L.A. And how jealous we used to get of those Christmas specials with kids playing in the snow.

Everyday holds the possibility of a miracle.

But I hope that you walk around the corner and you get very surprised.

Who doesn't love to be surprised?

I like the serendipitous surprises of reality.

I don't like planning, because it robs me of freedom, so I'd like a 24 hours that was full of surprises.

Good God what a fine sight. I had no conception that there was such a scene in the world, and to find it in my own dominions.

The best things in life sometimes happen spontaneously.

Although I would like to describe the perfect day, I can't. Because a perfect day is one where there is no plan.

I was in my friend's apartment, and their buddy called us and was like, 'I'm in a car, and you're on the radio.' So we listened to the song. That was wild. I'm like, 'Is this real? How is this happening?'

I look upon 'A Little Bit of Luck' as a very bizarre, happy, surreal memory.

I went to see 'Frozen' - appropriately, with my sister - and loved it, but never in a million years could I have imagined that I'd ever play Anna. I mean, what are the chances?

Sometimes, lovely surprises come out of things going wrong.

When magic happens, it just happens, brother.

I surprise myself by the things I get excited by.