Water For Elephants Quotes:

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

- Sara Gruen

topic: Three, Ninety, Water For Elephants

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

topic: Elephants, Water, Looks, Water For Elephants

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

- Sara Gruen

topic: Fate, Two, People, Meant To Be Together, Water For Elephants

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

topic: Giving, Firsts, Losing, Losing Her, Water For Elephants

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

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

topic: Cancer, Age, Legs, Water For Elephants

So what if I'm ninety-three? So what if I'm ancient and cranky and my body's a wreck? If they're willing to accept me and my guilty conscience, why the hell shouldn't I run away with the circus?

- Sara Gruen

topic: Running, What If, Three, Guilty Conscience, Cranky

I stroke her lightly, memorizing her body. 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 lie motionless, savoring the feeling of her body against mine. I'm afraid to breathe in case I break the spell.

- Sara Gruen

topic: Lying, Feelings, Skins, Savoring, Water For Elephants

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

- Sara Gruen

topic: Truth, Secret, Facts, Water For Elephants

Life goes on with fragile normalcy.

- Sara Gruen

topic: Goes On, Normalcy, Life Goes On, Water For Elephants

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

topic: People, Want, Illusion, Water For Elephants

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

topic: Dog, Horse, Elephants, Water For Elephants, Pregnant Women

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

- Sara Gruen

topic: Water For Elephants

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

topic: Running, Animal, Blue, Water For Elephants