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Life is the most spectacular show on earth.

Sara Gruen

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Sara Gruen
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 1
Author
Novelist
Writer
Vancouver
British Columbia
Life
Spectacular
Show
Shows
Earth

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The thought has cheered me, and I'd like to hang onto that. Must protect my little pockets of happiness.
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Gorillas are in danger of being wiped out by the Ebola virus. I feel like we have limited time to get to know them and understand them and they're going to disappear - that's terrifically sad. Wouldn't it be great if we could stop that?
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Do you have any idea how much an elephant drinks?
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I tend not to think about the reading public at all, or the business, when I'm writing.
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How is it that everyone on this train has so much alcohol? We always head to Canada at the beginning of the season, she says taking her seat again. Their laws are much more civilized. Cheers.
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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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When two people are meant to be together, they will be together. It's fate.
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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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Even as your body betrays you, your mind denies it.
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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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Although, pretending not to notice is almost worse than noticing.
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I stroke her lightly, memorizing her body. 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 lie motionless, savoring the feeling of her body against mine. I'm afraid to breathe in case I break the spell.
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They grew fat and happy--the horses, not the children, or Marlena for that matter.
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Why the hell shouldn't I run away with the circus?
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The only thing that makes me crazier than writing is not writing.
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He stares at me, and then leans back in his chair. He's ill, Jacob. I say nothing. He's a paragon schnitzophonic. He's what?! Paragon schnitzophonic, repeats Uncle Al. You mean paranoid schizophrenic? Sure. Whatever. But the bottom line is he's mad as a hatter.
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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.
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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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I just can't. I'm married. I made my bed and now I have to lie in it.
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It's as though I've been sleepwalking and suddenly woken to find myself here
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