"Age is a terrible thief. Just when you're……" — Sara Gruen
"Age is a terrible thief. Just when you're getting the hang of life, it knocks your legs out from under you and stoops your back. It makes you ache and muddies your head and silently spreads cancer throughout your spouse."
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77 Quotes by Sara Gruen
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I'm truly grateful for my microwave, which allows me to easily clarify butter, steam vegetables, and - when I am…
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Even when I look straight into the milky blue eyes I can't find myself any more. When did I stop being…
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I am ninety. Or ninety-three. One or the other.
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Juliet is one of those rare novels that has it all: lush prose, tightly intertwined parallel narratives, intrigue, and historical…
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So what if I'm ninety-three? So what if I'm ancient and cranky and my body's a wreck? If they're willing…
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The only thing that makes me crazier than writing is not writing.
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... a gaggle of old ladies is glued to the window at the end of the hall like children or…
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I strain to hear, but my old ears, for all their obscene hugeness, pick up nothing but snippets:
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I am further back, surrounded on all sides by wailing men, their faces shiny with tears. Uncle Al promised three…
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I have to convince myself that this is not a pointless life, even the body is telling me so.
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I tend not to think about the reading public at all, or the business, when I'm writing.
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