Sara Gruen Quotes

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

My intention that people will feel like throttling her

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That moment, the music screeched to a halt. There was an ungodly collision of brass, reed, and percussion—trombones and piccolos skidded into cacophony, a tuba farted, and the hollow clang of a cymbal...

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

She looks at her watch - a real one, with arms. Those digital ones came and went, thank God. When will people learn that just because you can make something doesn't mean you should?

It's like Charlie told the cop. For this old man, this is home.

بعض الأشياء فينا لا تموت ابدا.

But then this Isabelle turned and laughed and in that instant I saw my wife. This made me weepy and these people whom I didn’t recognize exchanged furtive glances and shortly thereafter announced that...

Es imposible describir la ternura que he empezado a sentir por ellos: hienas, camellos y todos los demás. Hasta el oso polar, que veo tumbado sobre su costado, mordisqueando sus zarpas de doce centíme...

He only had the imperfect medium of words.

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

I did not take enough care with my hair, but a permanent wave would fix that. I was not thin enough, but for that, alas, there was no quick fix. I should never put more than the equivalent of three pe...

I get poked and prodded like this every morning. I'm like a piece of meat unearthed from the back of the fridge, suspect until proven otherwise.

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

I hate this bizarre policy of protective exclusion, because it effectively writes me off the page. If I don’t know what’s going on in their lives, how am I supposed to insert myself in the conversatio...

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

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

I reach for the napkin, and as I do I catch sight of my hands. They are knobby and crooked, thin-skinned, and—like my ruined face—covered with liver spots.My face. I push the porridge aside and open m...

I’m glad nothing requires my intervention, because I’m trying hard to maintain my composure. This is the first time I’ve ever seen a woman naked and I don’t think I’ll ever be the same.

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.