182 Quotes by Sara Gruen

When will people learn that just because you can make something doesn't mean you should?

There is no question that I am the only thing standing between these animals and the business practices of August and Uncle Al, and what my father would do--what my father would want me to do--is look after them, and I am filled with that absolute and unwavering conviction. No matter what I did last night, I cannot leave these animals. I am their shepherd, their protector.

Keeping up the appearance of having all your marbles is hard work, but important.

Sometimes the monotony of bingo and sing alongs, ancient dusty people parked in the hallway in wheelchairs makes me long for death, particularly when -- remember that I'm one of the ancient dusty people, filed away like some worthless chotski.

90/93-year-old Jacob wonders as he gazes at his aged reflection, 'When did I stop being me?

age is a terrible theif

When will people learn that just because you can make something doesn’t mean you should?

Is where you're from the place you're leaving or where you have roots?

Sometimes when you get older — and I’m not talking about you, I’m talking generally, because everyone ages differently — things you think on and wish on start to seem real. And then you believe them, and before you know it they’re part of your history, and if someone challenges you on them and says they’re not true — why, then you get offended because you can’t remember the first part. All you know is that you’ve been called a liar.