Sara Gruen Quotations

I just don't think I've had the desire yet to write a vicious animal - like a dog-gone-bad or anything - where I do feel that I need a balance of all types of humans.

It seems natural to surround my fictional world with animals because my reality is full of them. When I'm sitting there conceiving a story, they just pop up.

They grew fat and happy--the horses, not the children, or Marlena for that matter.

i'm afraid to breathe in case i break the spell

It's as though I've been sleepwalking and suddenly woken to find myself here

Even as your body betrays you, your mind denies it

How hard can it be to find a girl and an elephant for Christ's sake?

Sometimes I think that if I had to choose between an ear of corn or making love to a woman, I'd choose the corn. Not that I wouldn't love to have a final roll in the hay - I am a man yet, and something never die - but the thought of those sweet kernels bursting between my teeth sure sets my mouth to watering. It's fantasy, I know that. Neither will happen. I just like to weight the options, as though I were standing in front of Solomon: a final roll in the hay or an ear of corn. What a wonderful dilemma. Sometimes I substitute an apple for the corn.

The thought has cheered me, and I'd like to hang onto that. Must protect my little pockets of happiness.

When did I stop being me?