Water For Elephants Quotes

• I look after those who look after me." He smacks his lips, stares at me, and adds, "I also look after those who don't." - Sara Gruen (Water for Elephants)

  Sara Gruen

  Elephants, Water, Add

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• When two people are meant to be together, they will be together. It's fate.

  Sara Gruen

  Fate, Elephants, Two

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• Although there are times I'd give anything to have her back, I'm glad she went first. Losing her was like being cleft down the middle. It was the moment it all ended for me, and I wouldn't have wanted her to go through that.

  Sara Gruen

  Elephants, Giving, Firsts

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• Age is a terrible thief. Just when you're getting the hang of life, it knocks your legs out from under you and stoops your back. It makes you ache and muddies your head and silently spreads cancer throughout your spouse.

  Sara Gruen

  Cancer, Elephants, Age

  Sara Gruen (2016). “The Sara Gruen Collection: Water for Elephants - At the Water's Edge - Ape House”, p.25, Hachette UK

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• Why the hell shouldn't I run away with the circus?

  Sara Gruen

  Running, Circus, Guilty Conscience

  Sara Gruen (2016). “The Sara Gruen Collection: Water for Elephants - At the Water's Edge - Ape House”, p.310, Hachette UK

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• I want her to melt into me, like butter on toast. I want to absorb her and walk around for the rest of my days with her encased in my skin. I want.

  Sara Gruen

  Love, Skins, Want

  Sara Gruen (2016). “The Sara Gruen Collection: Water for Elephants - At the Water's Edge - Ape House”, p.258, Hachette UK

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• With a secret like that, at some point the secret itself becomes irrelevant. The fact that you kept it does not.

  Sara Gruen

  Truth, Elephants, Secret

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• Life goes on with fragile normalcy.

  Sara Gruen

  Elephants, Normalcy, Goes On

  Sara Gruen (2016). “The Sara Gruen Collection: Water for Elephants - At the Water's Edge - Ape House”, p.264, Hachette UK

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• The whole thing's illusion, [Jacob], and there's nothing wrong with that. It's what people want from us. It's what they expect.

  Sara Gruen

  People, Want, Illusion

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• Dear God. Not only am I unemployed and homeless, but I also have a pregnant woman, bereaved dog, elephant, and eleven horses to take care of.

  Sara Gruen

  Dog, Horse, Elephants

  Sara Gruen (2016). “The Sara Gruen Collection: Water for Elephants - At the Water's Edge - Ape House”, p.296, Hachette UK

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• I am ninety.  Or ninety-three.  One or the other.

  Sara Gruen

  Three, Ninety

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• It happened while I was filming “Water for Elephants in which my partner is Reese Witherspoon. We had a scene with elephants but there were so many paparazzi around that it was scaring the animals and it was impossible to film. Out of the blue, fans, that were waiting for autographs, had enough and circled around the paparazzi. Teens made big guys run away. It was unreal! I was pleased.

  Robert Pattinson

  Running, Animal, Blue

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