Shirley Ann Grau famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

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

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At the end of a marriage it is difficult to recall the beginning.
-- Shirley Ann Grau

#Marriage #Ends #Difficult
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
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
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

#Tree #Trying #Matter
Haven't you ever noticed how highways always get beautiful near the state capital?
-- Shirley Ann Grau

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If the English language had been properly organized ... then there would be a word which meant both 'he' and 'she', and I could write, 'If John or Mary comes heesh will want to play tennis', which would save a lot of trouble.
It came about as follows: over the years when I was involved in dianetics, I wrote the beginnings of many stories. I would get an idea, and then write the beginning, and then never touch it again.
I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than anybody who can write better.
When I write I have no loyalty except to historical truth as I see it and care no more about British achievements and mistakes than any other.
My mum is an artist and very into creative expression and freedom.
The Analytical Engine] might act upon other things besides number, were objects found whose mutual fundamental relations could be expressed by those of the abstract science of operations, and which should be also susceptible of adaptations to the action of the operating notation and mechanism of the engineâ€¦ Supposing, for instance, that the fundamental relations of pitched sounds in the science of harmony and of musical composition were susceptible of such expression and adaptations, the engine might compose elaborate and scientific pieces of music of any degree of complexity or extent.
Idealism does not represent a superfluous expression of emotion, but in truth it has been, is, and will be, the premise for what we designate as human culture...Without his idealistic attitude all, even the most dazzling faculties of the intellect, would remain mere intellect just like outward appearance without inner value, and never creative force....The purest idealism is unconsciously equivalent to the deepest knowledge...
I'm not good at secrets, so don't tell me any.
Every man has his secret desire, I suppose, and mine is someday to own a farm.
Don't Let Him Know is a rich, evocative and brilliantly told tale of family, of loyalties, and of love that must stay secret. Sandip Roy has broken new ground in this tale of the modern Indian family. A lovely read

Shirley Ann Grau famous quotes

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