--- title: "1 Roadkill Quotes By Sara Baume" description: "1 Roadkill quotes by Sara Baume. Plus more from Sara Baume and more Roadkill sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ca/sara-baume-9481_creatures_and-i-wonder-if-any-of-the-road-kill-cre_3043177.jpg" --- > [“And I wonder if any of the road-kill creatures actually wanted to die and threw themselves beneath the speeding wheels. A lethargic swallow who couldn't bear the prospect of flying all the way back to Africa again. An insomniac hedgehog…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-baume/and-i-wonder-if-any-of-the-road-kill-creatures-actually-wanted-to-die/) [Sara Baume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-baume/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ca/sara-baume-9481_creatures_and-i-wonder-if-any-of-the-road-kill-cre_3043177.jpg) ## More by Sara Baume > [“The entrepreneurs are only about my age, probably younger, but they don't seem so. Their tailored clothes and unbending hairdos, their clipboards and laser…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-baume/the-entrepreneurs-are-only-about-my-age-probably-younger-but-they-don/) [Sara Baume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-baume/) > [“. . . buzzed up by the knowledge that none of my family knew where I was, who I was with nor when I'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-baume/buzzed-up-by-the-knowledge-that-none-of-my-family-knew-where-i-was/) [Sara Baume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-baume/) > [“My phone doesn't ring and the doorbell doesn't either and I begin to wonder whether I am still alive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-baume/my-phone-doesn-t-ring-and-the-doorbell-doesn-t-either-and-i-begin-to/) [Sara Baume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-baume/) > [“The last time I went out at night in the city was almost a year ago. It began with anxiety, then I was pleasantly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-baume/the-last-time-i-went-out-at-night-in-the-city-was-almost-a-year-ago/) [Sara Baume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-baume/) > [“Only the lighted houses remaining, the lemon blush of their inhabited windows.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-baume/only-the-lighted-houses-remaining-the-lemon-blush-of-their-inhabited/) [Sara Baume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-baume/) > [“Sometimes things happen that give me cause to believe I no longer exist. Car park barriers which do not lift when I drive towards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-baume/sometimes-things-happen-that-give-me-cause-to-believe-i-no-longer/) [Sara Baume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-baume/) > [“Why must I test myself? Because no one else will, not anymore. Now that I am no longer a student of any kind, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-baume/why-must-i-test-myself-because-no-one-else-will-not-anymore-now-that/) [Sara Baume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-baume/) > [“Why is it only now that I can see how many ordinary things are actually grotesque?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-baume/why-is-it-only-now-that-i-can-see-how-many-ordinary-things-are/) [Sara Baume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-baume/) > [“We rarely saw each other outside the walls of the gallery, but inside its glaring white spaces, to exorcise the tedium of the tasks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-baume/we-rarely-saw-each-other-outside-the-walls-of-the-gallery-but-inside/) [Sara Baume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-baume/) > [“Everything is very nearly over. And so none of the normal rules of behavior apply. And so none of my actions can have consequences.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-baume/everything-is-very-nearly-over-and-so-none-of-the-normal-rules-of/) [Sara Baume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-baume/) > [“It happens so seldom; I must catch and keep this slender yearning, a rare beetle in a jam-jar trap. But mustering will is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-baume/it-happens-so-seldom-i-must-catch-and-keep-this-slender-yearning-a/) [Sara Baume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-baume/) > [“Though I am naturally curious about people, I'm also naturally uneasy when they are right in front of me; when I am right in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-baume/though-i-am-naturally-curious-about-people-i-m-also-naturally-uneasy/) [Sara Baume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-baume/) > [“People don't like it when you say real things.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-baume/people-don-t-like-it-when-you-say-real-things/) [Sara Baume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-baume/) > [“In the days approaching Christmas, she always reminds me of the previous year: 'Jane crocheted you an entire poncho, and all you gave her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-baume/in-the-days-approaching-christmas-she-always-reminds-me-of-the/) [Sara Baume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-baume/) > [“Whether or not I want to see him, I do not want him to see me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-baume/whether-or-not-i-want-to-see-him-i-do-not-want-him-to-see-me/) [Sara Baume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-baume/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/roadkill/sara-baume/#itemlist", "name": "1 Roadkill Quotes By Sara Baume", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“And I wonder if any of the road-kill creatures actually wanted to die and threw themselves beneath the speeding wheels. 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