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> [“That’s the way it is with me. I don’t just see things as they are today. I see them as they were. I see them all around in time. And this is bad. Because it makes you think you know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-ann-grau/that-s-the-way-it-is-with-me-i-don-t-just-see-things-as-they-are/)

[Shirley Ann Grau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-ann-grau/)

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## More by Shirley Ann Grau

> [“I wonder now what it was like living for four years, not wanting to, only waiting for your hold to weaken so you could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-ann-grau/i-wonder-now-what-it-was-like-living-for-four-years-not-wanting-to/)

[Shirley Ann Grau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-ann-grau/)

> [“He wondered if she’d been waiting all these nights to come because she hadn’t had a nightgown. He started to ask her. But there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-ann-grau/he-wondered-if-she-d-been-waiting-all-these-nights-to-come-because/)

[Shirley Ann Grau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-ann-grau/)

> [“And isn’t it funny, she thought, that it takes two generations to kill off a man? … First him, and then his memory. …”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-ann-grau/and-isn-t-it-funny-she-thought-that-it-takes-two-generations-to-kill/)

[Shirley Ann Grau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-ann-grau/)

> [Haven't you ever noticed how highways always get beautiful near the state capital?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-ann-grau/haven-t-you-ever-noticed-how-highways-always-get-beautiful-near-the/)

[Shirley Ann Grau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-ann-grau/)

> [“Some people you can't comfort. You can only go along with their pretending and pretend yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-ann-grau/some-people-you-can-t-comfort-you-can-only-go-along-with-their/)

[Shirley Ann Grau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-ann-grau/)

> [Oak trees come out of acorns, no matter how unlikely that seems. An acorn is just a tree's way back into the ground. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-ann-grau/oak-trees-come-out-of-acorns-no-matter-how-unlikely-that-seems-an/)

[Shirley Ann Grau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-ann-grau/)

> [At the end of a marriage it is difficult to recall the beginning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-ann-grau/at-the-end-of-a-marriage-it-is-difficult-to-recall-the-beginning/)

[Shirley Ann Grau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-ann-grau/)

> [In brief, I spend half my time trying to learn the secrets of other writers - to apply them to the expression of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-ann-grau/in-brief-i-spend-half-my-time-trying-to-learn-the-secrets-of-other/)

[Shirley Ann Grau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-ann-grau/)

> [Me? What am I? Nothing. The legs on which dinner comes to the table, the arms by which cocktails enter the living room, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-ann-grau/me-what-am-i-nothing-the-legs-on-which-dinner-comes-to-the-table-the/)

[Shirley Ann Grau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-ann-grau/)

> [“Our children grow old and elbow us into the grave.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-ann-grau/our-children-grow-old-and-elbow-us-into-the-grave/)

[Shirley Ann Grau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-ann-grau/)

> [One of my current pet theories is that the winter is a kind of evangelist, more subtle than Billy Graham, of course, but of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-ann-grau/one-of-my-current-pet-theories-is-that-the-winter-is-a-kind-of/)

[Shirley Ann Grau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-ann-grau/)

> [“And you remember how warm bourbon tasted, in a paper cup with water dipped out of the lake at your feet. How the nights…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-ann-grau/and-you-remember-how-warm-bourbon-tasted-in-a-paper-cup-with-water/)

[Shirley Ann Grau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-ann-grau/)

> [“That’s the way it is with me. I don’t just see things as they are today. I see them as they were. I see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-ann-grau/that-s-the-way-it-is-with-me-i-don-t-just-see-things-as-they-are/)

[Shirley Ann Grau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-ann-grau/)

> [“I’ll never be put in a box and lowered into the earth. I’ll never grow old and watch the veins on my hands begin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-ann-grau/i-ll-never-be-put-in-a-box-and-lowered-into-the-earth-i-ll-never-grow/)

[Shirley Ann Grau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-ann-grau/)

> [“There was only one thing that did, as far as I remember. That was underwear. Everybody in that house always had new or almost-new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-ann-grau/there-was-only-one-thing-that-did-as-far-as-i-remember-that-was/)

[Shirley Ann Grau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-ann-grau/)

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