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Famous Sara Gruen Quotes
“After sixty-one years together, she simply clutched my hand and exhaled.”
“Life goes on with fragile normalcy.”
Source: The Sara Gruen Collection: Water for Elephants - At the Water's Edge - Ape House
“Must protect my little pockets of happiness.”
Source: The Sara Gruen Collection: Water for Elephants - At the Water's Edge - Ape House
“The sky the sky- same as it always was.”
Source: The Sara Gruen Collection: Water for Elephants - At the Water's Edge - Ape House
“How hard can it be to find a girl and an elephant for Christ's sake?”
“It's as though I've been sleepwalking and suddenly woken to find myself here”
Source: The Sara Gruen Collection: Water for Elephants - At the Water's Edge - Ape House
“Honey, I plan to marry you the moment the ink is dry on that death certificate.”
“They grew fat and happy--the horses, not the children, or Marlena for that matter.”
Source: The Sara Gruen Collection: Water for Elephants - At the Water's Edge - Ape House
“i'm afraid to breathe in case i break the spell”
Source: The Sara Gruen Collection: Water for Elephants - At the Water's Edge - Ape House
Source: The Sara Gruen Collection: Water for Elephants - At the Water's Edge - Ape House
“Although, pretending not to notice is almost worse than noticing.”
“The only thing that makes me crazier than writing is not writing.”
“I strain to hear, but my old ears, for all their obscene hugeness, pick up nothing but snippets.”
“I have to convince myself that this is not a pointless life, even the body is telling me so.”
“I tend not to think about the reading public at all, or the business, when I'm writing.”
“You work hard on a book and throw it out there and then it's beyond your control.”
“Don't want to get tipsy and break a hip.”
Source: The Sara Gruen Collection: Water for Elephants - At the Water's Edge - Ape House
“You do right by me, I'll show you a life most suckers can't even dream of.”