Shirley Ann Grau

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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
Collection: Writing
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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
Collection: Life
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At the end of a marriage it is difficult to recall the beginning.
- Shirley Ann Grau
Collection: Marriage
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Haven't you ever noticed how highways always get beautiful near the state capital?
- Shirley Ann Grau
Collection: Beautiful
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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
Collection: Winter
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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
Collection: Moving