Quote

Don't want to get tipsy and break a hip.

Sara Gruen

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Sara Gruen
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 1
Author
Novelist
Writer
Vancouver
British Columbia
Break
Tipsy
Delirious
Hips

More quotes by Sara Gruen

Image
When two people are meant to be together, they will be together. It's fate.
Sara Gruen
Image
They grew fat and happy--the horses, not the children, or Marlena for that matter.
Sara Gruen
Image
Then I lie down on the horse blanket and drift into a dream about Marlena that will probably cost me my soul.
Sara Gruen
Image
I hate this bizarre policy of protective exclusion, because it effectively writes me off the page.
Sara Gruen
Image
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
Image
Even as your body betrays you, your mind denies it.
Sara Gruen
Image
The thought has cheered me, and I'd like to hang onto that. Must protect my little pockets of happiness.
Sara Gruen
Image
Must protect my little pockets of happiness.
Sara Gruen
Image
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.
Sara Gruen
Image
I just can't. I'm married. I made my bed and now I have to lie in it.
Sara Gruen
Image
The only thing that makes me crazier than writing is not writing.
Sara Gruen
Image
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.
Sara Gruen
Image
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
Image
Although, pretending not to notice is almost worse than noticing.
Sara Gruen
Image
Honey, I plan to marry you the moment the ink is dry on that death certificate.
Sara Gruen
Image
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
Image
I have to convince myself that this is not a pointless life, even the body is telling me so.
Sara Gruen
Image
Even when I look straight into the milky blue eyes I can't find myself any more. When did I stop being me?
Sara Gruen
Image
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?
Sara Gruen
Image
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.
Sara Gruen