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title: "2 Getting old Quotes By Sara Zarr"
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> [There's a lot that is awful. That's the struggle of getting old. To make sure you don't let what's hard...obscure the beauty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/there-s-a-lot-that-is-awful-that-s-the-struggle-of-getting-old-to/)

[Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f5/sara-zarr-2184_awful_there-s-a-lot-that-is-awful-that-s-the-s_2816071.png)

> [“Why do people...we...why do we drag around like life is so awful?' Why did they forget that there was so much to love? He took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes. 'I guess...because there's a lot that is awful.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/why-do-people-we-why-do-we-drag-around-like-life-is-so-awful-why-did/)

[Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f18/sara-zarr-2184_beauty_why-do-people-we-why-do-we-drag-around-l_3160581.jpg)

## More by Sara Zarr

> [My books have been translated into various languages and sold in other countries, but I never have any contact with the foreign publishers and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/my-books-have-been-translated-into-various-languages-and-sold-in/)

[Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/)

> [“Is this okay with you, Jenna? For him to stay here?" "Yeah," I said. "It's good. You have no idea what it takes for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/is-this-okay-with-you-jenna-for-him-to-stay-here-yeah-i-said-it-s/)

[Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/)

> [Remember that no matter where I am or what I'm doing I've got a special place inside me that's all for you. It's been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/remember-that-no-matter-where-i-am-or-what-i-m-doing-i-ve-got-a/)

[Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/)

> [“I don't understand, Jenna, why you couldn't give him a ride home?" Mom struck the archetypal Mom pose-hands on hips, perplexed look on face,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/i-don-t-understand-jenna-why-you-couldn-t-give-him-a-ride-home-mom/)

[Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/)

> [I lived too much in my head instead of the real world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/i-lived-too-much-in-my-head-instead-of-the-real-world/)

[Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/)

> [The importance of our connection, what it meant to find each other again, the way it made what happened to us and between us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/the-importance-of-our-connection-what-it-meant-to-find-each-other/)

[Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/)

> [“And part of being American is respecting all people's right to be whatever they want to be and at the same time respecting your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/and-part-of-being-american-is-respecting-all-people-s-right-to-be/)

[Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/)

> [And he left. I watched him walk out – he didn’t say good-bye, he didn’t even look back. It scared me, how easy it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/and-he-left-i-watched-him-walk-out-he-didn-t-say-good-bye-he-didn-t/)

[Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/)

> [I tend to describe recurring themes as being part of a writer's DNA - something so deeply embedded in us that even we don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/i-tend-to-describe-recurring-themes-as-being-part-of-a-writer-s-dna/)

[Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/)

> [I do have a little bit more confidence in - or at least familiarity with - my process. For example, when it feels like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/i-do-have-a-little-bit-more-confidence-in-or-at-least-familiarity/)

[Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/)

> [The world was full of beauty. She wanted to grab hold of it and take it down into her bones. Yet always it seemed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/the-world-was-full-of-beauty-she-wanted-to-grab-hold-of-it-and-take/)

[Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/)

> [“Does all this have anything to do with Cameron coming back?" "Basically." She didn't put any letters down. Our game had effectively stopped. "I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/does-all-this-have-anything-to-do-with-cameron-coming-back-basically/)

[Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/)

> [I'm not really a plot writer - I'm more interested in the characters and sort of small events that propel the story forward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/i-m-not-really-a-plot-writer-i-m-more-interested-in-the-characters/)

[Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/)

> [“Apparently, the world was perfect in 1958.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/apparently-the-world-was-perfect-in-1958/)

[Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/)

> [“The sight of them (her friends) let a little air into her soul.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/the-sight-of-them-her-friends-let-a-little-air-into-her-soul/)

[Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/)

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