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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
Spectacular
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Shows
Earth
Life

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Although there are times I'd give anything to have her back, I'm glad she went first. Losing her was like being cleft down the middle. It was the moment it all ended for me, and I wouldn't have wanted her to go through that.
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But it all zipped by. One minute Marlena and I were up to our eyeballs, and the next thing we knew the kids were borrowing the car and fleeing the coop for college. And now, here I am. In my nineties and alone.
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Being the survivor stinks.
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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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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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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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I don't like outlining, because books are organic things. Sometimes a book doesn't want to be written in a certain way.
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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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They grew fat and happy--the horses, not the children, or Marlena for that matter.
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Sometimes I think if I had to choose between an ear of corn or making love to a woman, I'd choose the corn.
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Don't want to get tipsy and break a hip.
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It's as though I've been sleepwalking and suddenly woken to find myself here
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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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Honey, I plan to marry you the moment the ink is dry on that death certificate.
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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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Keeping up the appearance of having all your marbles is hard work, but important.
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The only thing that makes me crazier than writing is not writing.
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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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We traveled for two weeks with a pickled hippo.
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