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Being the survivor stinks.

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Sara Gruen
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 1
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Stinks
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Survivor

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I just can't. I'm married. I made my bed and now I have to lie in it.
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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?
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Why the hell shouldn't I run away with the circus?
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Then I lie down on the horse blanket and drift into a dream about Marlena that will probably cost me my soul.
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Even when I look straight into the milky blue eyes I can't find myself any more. When did I stop being me?
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The only thing that makes me crazier than writing is not writing.
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I scan the room. Catherine is writing quickly, her light brown hair falling over her face. She is left-handed, and because she writes in pencil her left arm is silver from wrist to elbow.
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Although, pretending not to notice is almost worse than noticing.
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...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.
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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.
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We traveled for two weeks with a pickled hippo.
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Do you have any idea how much an elephant drinks?
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I am further back, surrounded on all sides by wailing men, their faces shiny with tears. Uncle Al promised three dollars and a bottle of Canadian whiskey to the man who puts on the best show. You've never seen such grief-- even the dogs were howling.
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You do right by me, I'll show you a life most suckers can't even dream of.
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I hate this bizarre policy of protective exclusion, because it effectively writes me off the page.
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I look after those who look after me. He smacks his lips, stares at me, and adds, I also look after those who don't. - Sara Gruen (Water for Elephants)
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Must protect my little pockets of happiness.
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Don't want to get tipsy and break a hip.
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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.
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Life is the most spectacular show on earth.
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