Susan Orlean Quotes:
Ocupation: Journalist
Life: b. October 31, 1955
Birthday: October 31
When we stopped to rest and Tony tried to figure out what was wrong with his compass, I asked him what he thought it was about orchids that seduced humans so completely that they were compelled to steal them and worship them and try to breed new and specific kinds of them and then be willing to wait for nearly a decade for one of them to flower.
source: Susan Orlean (2000). “The Orchid Thief”, Ballantine Books
topic: Flower, Orchids, Waiting, Willing To Wait
