"When I first submerged my feet into frigid……" — Sara Gruen
"When I first submerged my feet into frigid water, they hurt so badly I yanked them out again. I persisted, dunking them for longer and longer periods, until the cold finally blistered."
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77 Quotes by Sara Gruen
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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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