Sara Gruen
Sara Gruen
Sara Gruenis an author with dual Canadian and American citizenship. Her books deal greatly with animals and she is a supporter of numerous charitable organizations that support animals and wildlife...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionAuthor
CountryCanada
running what-if three
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 to accept me and my guilty conscience, why the hell shouldn't I run away with the circus?
children glasses hair
... a gaggle of old ladies is glued to the window at the end of the hall like children or jailbirds. They're spidery and frail, their hair as fine as mist. Most of them are a good decade younger than me, and this astounds me. Even as your body betrays you, your mind denies it.--There are five of them now, white headed old things huddled together and pointing crooked fingers at the glass.
ears obscene picks
I strain to hear, but my old ears, for all their obscene hugeness, pick up nothing but snippets:
dog uncles grief
I am further back, surrounded on all sides by wailing men, their faces shiny with tears. Uncle Al promised three dollars and a bottle of Canadian whiskey to the man who puts on the best show. You've never seen such grief-- even the dogs were howling.
body convince pointless
I have to convince myself that this is not a pointless life, even the body is telling me so.
reading writing thinking
I tend not to think about the reading public at all, or the business, when I'm writing.
book hard-work hard
You work hard on a book and throw it out there and then it's beyond your control.
thinking animal humanity
I think there is just a vein of humanity that really loves animals and really loves to read about them.
want hips break
Don't want to get tipsy and break a hip.
ebola gorillas viruses
Gorillas are in danger of being wiped out by the Ebola virus. I feel like we have limited time to get to know them and understand them and they're going to disappear - that's terrifically sad. Wouldn't it be great if we could stop that?
running circus guilty-conscience
Why the hell shouldn't I run away with the circus?
thinking animal personality
I just think I'm better equipped to make a study of human personality than trying to get into the mind of animals.
three ninety water-for-elephants
I am ninety. Or ninety-three. One or the other.
eye blue looks
Even when I look straight into the milky blue eyes I can't find myself any more. When did I stop being me?