Shirley Ann Grau Quotes

• In brief, I spend half my time trying to learn the secrets of other writers - to apply them to the expression of my own thoughts.

  Shirley Ann Grau

  Writing, Expression, Secret

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• 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 another try. Another trip through. One life for another.

  Shirley Ann Grau

  Life, Tree, Trying

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• At the end of a marriage it is difficult to recall the beginning.

  Shirley Ann Grau

  Marriage, Ends, Difficult

  Shirley Ann Grau (2006). “Selected Stories”, p.53, LSU Press

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• Haven't you ever noticed how highways always get beautiful near the state capital?

  Shirley Ann Grau

  Beautiful, States, Highways

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• One of my current pet theories is that the winter is a kind of evangelist, more subtle than Billy Graham, of course, but of the same stuff.

  Shirley Ann Grau

  Winter, Pet, Stuff

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• Me? What am I? Nothing. The legs on which dinner comes to the table, the arms by which cocktails enter the living room, the hands that drive cars. I am the eyes that see nothing, the ears that don't hear. I'm invisible too. They look and don't see me. When they move, I have to guess their direction and get myself out of the way.

  Shirley Ann Grau

  Moving, Eye, Hands

  Shirley Ann Grau (2012). “The Condor Passes”, p.7, Open Road Media

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