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Sara Gruen quotes: Actually, it's not so much that I've forgotten. It's more like I've stopped keeping track.

Actually, it's not so much that I've forgotten. It's more like I've stopped keeping track.

Sara Gruen quotes: his hat from his head and presses it to his chest. I walk a few dozen yards from the train, climb the grassy bank, and sit rubbing my

his hat from his head and presses it to his chest. I walk a few dozen yards from the train, climb the grassy bank, and sit rubbing my

Sara Gruen quotes: ...strangely alone in the most public of places.

...strangely alone in the most public of places.

Sara Gruen quotes: In seventy years, I've never told a blessed soul.

In seventy years, I've never told a blessed soul.

Sara Gruen quotes: And Flying Changes. Her works have been translated into forty-three languages and have

And Flying Changes. Her works have been translated into forty-three languages and have

Sara Gruen quotes: Keeping up the appearance of having all your marbles is hard work, but important.

Keeping up the appearance of having all your marbles is hard work, but important.

Sara Gruen quotes: She's not your friend. She's a barmaid.

She's not your friend. She's a barmaid.

Sara Gruen quotes: The whole thing's illusion, [Jacob], and there's nothing wrong with that. It's what people want from us. It's what they expect.

The whole thing's illusion, [Jacob], and there's nothing wrong with that. It's what people want from us. It's what they expect.

Sara Gruen quotes: It was full of luxurious trappings and shiny baubles, and that had blinded me to the fact that nothing about it was real.

It was full of luxurious trappings and shiny baubles, and that had blinded me to the fact that nothing about it was real.

Sara Gruen quotes: After sixty-one years together, she simply clutched my hand and exhaled.

After sixty-one years together, she simply clutched my hand and exhaled.

Sara Gruen quotes: Age is terrible thief. Just when you're getting the hang of life, it knocks your legs out from under you and stoops your back

Age is terrible thief. Just when you're getting the hang of life, it knocks your legs out from under you and stoops your back

Sara Gruen quotes: Dear God. Not only am I unemployed and homeless, but I also have a pregnant woman, bereaved dog, elephant, and eleven horses to take care of.

Dear God. Not only am I unemployed and homeless, but I also have a pregnant woman, bereaved dog, elephant, and eleven horses to take care of.

Sara Gruen quotes: ones I had watched.

ones I had watched.

Sara Gruen quotes: Is where you're from the place you're leaving or where you have roots?

Is where you're from the place you're leaving or where you have roots?

Sara Gruen quotes: 90/93-year-old Jacob wonders as he gazes at his aged reflection, 'When did I stop being me?

90/93-year-old Jacob wonders as he gazes at his aged reflection, 'When did I stop being me?

Sara Gruen quotes: I just can't. I'm married. I made my bed and now I have to lie in it.

I just can't. I'm married. I made my bed and now I have to lie in it.

Sara Gruen quotes: It seems there's nothing so good or pure it can't be taken without a moment's notice. And then in the end, it all gets taken anyway.

It seems there's nothing so good or pure it can't be taken without a moment's notice. And then in the end, it all gets taken anyway.

Sara Gruen quotes: For the rest of the night, all I could think about was how many heads had lain on those pillows before my own.

For the rest of the night, all I could think about was how many heads had lain on those pillows before my own.

Sara Gruen quotes: Just when you're getting the hang of life, it knocks your legs out from under you and stoops your back. It makes you ache and muddies your head ...

Just when you're getting the hang of life, it knocks your legs out from under you and stoops your back. It makes you ache and muddies your head ...

Sara Gruen quotes: Hey! Shouts Camel. There ain't no woman in the world worth two bottles of whiskey!

Hey! Shouts Camel. There ain't no woman in the world worth two bottles of whiskey!

Sara Gruen quotes: Honey, I plan to marry you the moment the ink is dry on that death certificate.

Honey, I plan to marry you the moment the ink is dry on that death certificate.

Sara Gruen quotes: I came home poorer by several hundred dollars and richer by more books than I could carry.

I came home poorer by several hundred dollars and richer by more books than I could carry.

Sara Gruen quotes: Don't mind Russ," he says. "He's a good kid underneath all those holes, although it's a wonder he doesn't spring a leak when he drinks

Don't mind Russ," he says. "He's a good kid underneath all those holes, although it's a wonder he doesn't spring a leak when he drinks

Sara Gruen quotes: Life goes on with fragile normalcy.

Life goes on with fragile normalcy.

Sara Gruen quotes: I have to convince myself that this is not a pointless life, even the body is telling me so.

I have to convince myself that this is not a pointless life, even the body is telling me so.

Sara Gruen quotes: He whispers in her ear, and she basks in his attention, trumpeting happily at the sight of him. Doesn't she remember?

He whispers in her ear, and she basks in his attention, trumpeting happily at the sight of him.
Doesn't she remember?

Sara Gruen quotes: The more distressing the memory, the more persistent it's presence.

The more distressing the memory, the more persistent it's presence.

Sara Gruen quotes: I had my whole life planned.. I knew exactly where it was taking me..

I had my whole life planned.. I knew exactly where it was taking me..

Sara Gruen quotes: Being the survivor stinks.

Being the survivor stinks.

Sara Gruen quotes: And August was a force. Charming, gregarious,

And August was a force. Charming, gregarious,

Sara Gruen quotes: My intention that people will feel like throttling her

My intention that people will feel like throttling her

Sara Gruen quotes: Always carry a large flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite, and further, always carry a small snake.

Always carry a large flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite, and further, always carry a small snake.

Sara Gruen quotes: Do you have any idea how much an elephant drinks?

Do you have any idea how much an elephant drinks?

Sara Gruen quotes: The person following is never in control, which she knows full well and which is exactly why she does it.

The person following is never in control, which she knows full well and which is exactly why she does it.

Sara Gruen quotes: You work hard on a book and throw it out there and then it's beyond your control.

You work hard on a book and throw it out there and then it's beyond your control.

Sara Gruen quotes: Jacob: I've never seen so much manure. Wade: Baggage stock horses. They pack'em in 27 a car. Jacob: how do you stand the smell? Wade: what smell?

Jacob: I've never seen so much manure. Wade: Baggage stock horses. They pack'em in 27 a car. Jacob: how do you stand the smell? Wade: what smell?

Sara Gruen quotes: exactly what she was really doing. It took but

exactly what she was really doing. It took but

Sara Gruen quotes: In all its beautiful, tragic fragility, there was still life.

In all its beautiful, tragic fragility, there was still life.

Sara Gruen quotes: Although, pretending not to notice is almost worse than noticing.

Although, pretending not to notice is almost worse than noticing.

Sara Gruen quotes: Age is a terrible thief.

Age is a terrible thief.

Sara Gruen quotes: When will people learn that just because you can make something doesn't mean you should?

When will people learn that just because you can make something doesn't mean you should?

Sara Gruen quotes: age is a terrible theif

age is a terrible theif

Sara Gruen quotes: Life is the greatest show on earth!

Life is the greatest show on earth!

Sara Gruen quotes: Paraded around town in an elephant cage, an elephant who repeatedly pulled her stake and stole the lemonade,

Paraded around town in an elephant cage, an elephant who repeatedly pulled her stake and stole the lemonade,

Sara Gruen quotes: I just think I'm better equipped to make a study of human personality than trying to get into the mind of animals.

I just think I'm better equipped to make a study of human personality than trying to get into the mind of animals.

Sara Gruen quotes: game? - but I wasn't shocked, as I once might

game? - but I wasn't shocked, as I once might

Sara Gruen quotes: Ellis had slept through the entire thing. That, or he was dead, but I saw no reason to check. If he was dead, he'd still be dead in the morning.

Ellis had slept through the entire thing. That, or he was dead, but I saw no reason to check. If he was dead, he'd still be dead in the morning.

Sara Gruen quotes: I tend not to think about the reading public at all, or the business, when I'm writing.

I tend not to think about the reading public at all, or the business, when I'm writing.

Sara Gruen quotes: When did I stop being me?

When did I stop being me?

Sara Gruen quotes: I strain to hear, but my old ears, for all their obscene hugeness, pick up nothing but snippets:

I strain to hear, but my old ears, for all their obscene hugeness, pick up nothing but snippets:

Sara Gruen quotes: When she comes to retrieve me [in the nursing home], after the tan-colored pudding with edible oil topping has sat for a while and been removed ...

When she comes to retrieve me [in the nursing home], after the tan-colored pudding with edible oil topping has sat for a while and been removed ...

Sara Gruen quotes: The business of a newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable was one of the aphorisms his boss liked to quote.

The business of a newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable was one of the aphorisms his boss liked to quote.

Sara Gruen quotes: She had been warned away from it her entire life, for its depth came quickly, its coldness was fierce, and the Kelpie lay in wait.

She had been warned away from it her entire life, for its depth came quickly, its coldness was fierce, and the Kelpie lay in wait.

Sara Gruen quotes: If you expect people to try to do things your way, you're going to have to give some hints as to what that way is.

If you expect people to try to do things your way, you're going to have to give some hints as to what that way is.

Sara Gruen quotes: Sometimes I think if I had to choose between an ear of corn or making love to a woman, I'd choose the corn.

Sometimes I think if I had to choose between an ear of corn or making love to a woman, I'd choose the corn.

Sara Gruen quotes: But my darling was as frail as a bird. She died nine days later. After sixty-one years together, she simply clutched my hand and exhaled. Although

But my darling was as frail as a bird. She died nine days later. After sixty-one years together, she simply clutched my hand and exhaled. Although

Sara Gruen quotes: The only thing that makes me crazier than writing is not writing.

The only thing that makes me crazier than writing is not writing.

Sara Gruen quotes: The thought has cheered me, and I'd like to hang onto that. Must protect my little pockets of happiness.

The thought has cheered me, and I'd like to hang onto that. Must protect my little pockets of happiness.

Sara Gruen quotes: With a secret like that, at some point the secret itself becomes irrelevant. The fact that you kept it does not.

With a secret like that, at some point the secret itself becomes irrelevant. The fact that you kept it does not.

Sara Gruen quotes: I stare at her for a long moment. I want to kiss her. I want to kiss her more than I've ever wanted anything in my life.

I stare at her for a long moment. I want to kiss her. I want to kiss her more than I've ever wanted anything in my life.

Sara Gruen quotes: Now, go shovel some shit.

Now, go shovel some shit.

Sara Gruen quotes: They grew fat and happythe horses, not the children, or Marlena for that matter.

They grew fat and happy
the horses, not the children, or Marlena for that matter.

Sara Gruen quotes: I stared at him for a long time. If he wanted to end his search for the beast, he need look no further than a mirror.

I stared at him for a long time. If he wanted to end his search for the beast, he need look no further than a mirror.

Sara Gruen quotes: It's just a crazy damned life, that's all ...

It's just a crazy damned life, that's all ...

Sara Gruen quotes: I don't like outlining, because books are organic things. Sometimes a book doesn't want to be written in a certain way.

I don't like outlining, because books are organic things. Sometimes a book doesn't want to be written in a certain way.

Sara Gruen quotes: Poking a lump of red Jello that jiggles outrageously, like a breast I once knew.

Poking a lump of red Jello that jiggles outrageously, like a breast I once knew.

Sara Gruen quotes: Even as your body betrays you, your mind denies it.

Even as your body betrays you, your mind denies it.

Sara Gruen quotes: Why the hell shouldn't I run away with the circus?

Why the hell shouldn't I run away with the circus?

Sara Gruen quotes: He's paragon schnitzophonic." "He's what?!" "Paragon schnitzophonic," repeats Uncle Al. "You mean paranoid schizophrenic?

He's paragon schnitzophonic." "He's what?!" "Paragon schnitzophonic," repeats Uncle Al. "You mean paranoid schizophrenic?

Sara Gruen quotes: His mother was exacting revenge because he'd dared to marry me, and his father - well, we weren't exactly sure. Either

His mother was exacting revenge because he'd dared to marry me, and his father - well, we weren't exactly sure. Either

Sara Gruen quotes: The longer I do this job, the less I like people. The species, of course," he adds grimly. "There are individuals I like just fine.

The longer I do this job, the less I like people. The species, of course," he adds grimly. "There are individuals I like just fine.

Sara Gruen quotes: I want her to melt into me, like butter on toast. I want to absorb her and walk around for the rest of my days with her encased in my

I want her to melt into me, like butter on toast. I want to absorb her and walk around for the rest of my days with her encased in my skin.
I want.

Sara Gruen quotes: You do right by me, I'll show you a life most suckers can't even dream of.

You do right by me, I'll show you a life most suckers can't even dream of.

Sara Gruen quotes: off, but Osgood, the photographer, was already snoring softly. He was in the center seat, wedged between John Thigpen and

off, but Osgood, the photographer, was already snoring softly. He was in the center seat, wedged between John Thigpen and

Sara Gruen quotes: It's as though I've been sleepwalking and suddenly woken to find myself here

It's as though I've been sleepwalking and suddenly woken to find myself here

Sara Gruen quotes: The sky the sky- same as it always was.

The sky the sky- same as it always was.

Sara Gruen quotes: He only had the imperfect medium of words.

He only had the imperfect medium of words.

Sara Gruen quotes: Laughter, I noticed a footman in old-fashioned knee breeches perched near the top of a

Laughter, I noticed a footman in old-fashioned knee breeches perched near the top of a

Sara Gruen quotes: How hard can it be to find a girl and an elephant for Christ's sake?

How hard can it be to find a girl and an elephant for Christ's sake?

Sara Gruen quotes: Beneath it was a photograph of Hank alone, standing shirtless on the deck of a sailboat with his hands on his hips.

Beneath it was a photograph of Hank alone, standing shirtless on the deck of a sailboat with his hands on his hips.

Sara Gruen quotes: I think there is just a vein of humanity that really loves animals and really loves to read about them.

I think there is just a vein of humanity that really loves animals and really loves to read about them.

Sara Gruen quotes: I hate this bizarre policy of protective exclusion, because it effectively writes me off the page.

I hate this bizarre policy of protective exclusion, because it effectively writes me off the page.

Sara Gruen quotes: We traveled for two weeks with a pickled hippo.

We traveled for two weeks with a pickled hippo.

Sara Gruen quotes: Then I lie down on the horse blanket and drift into a dream about Marlena that will probably cost me my soul.

Then I lie down on the horse blanket and drift into a dream about Marlena that will probably cost me my soul.

Sara Gruen quotes: When two people are meant to be together, they will be together. It's fate.

When two people are meant to be together, they will be together. It's fate.