Shirley Ann Grau Quotes

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

Shirley Ann Grau

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

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And isn't it funny,... that it takes two generations to kill off a man?... First him, and then his memory.

Shirley Ann Grau

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

Shirley Ann Grau

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

Shirley Ann Grau

Shirley Ann Grau

Born: July 8, 1929

Died: August 3, 2020 (aged 91)

Bio: Shirley Ann Grau was an American writer. She was born in New Orleans, and her work is set primarily in the Deep South, and explores issues of race and gender.

Known for:

The Keepers of the House (1964)
Roadwalkers (1994)
The condor passes (1971)
The hard blue sky (1958)
House on Coliseum Street (1961)

Shirley Ann Grau on Wikipedia

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