#elephants

Helmet was joined to helmet, and spear to spear, and jewels, baggage, and elephants without number went with them, and you would have said it was a host that none could understand. ↗

— Ferdowsi

#could #elephants #helmet #host #jewels

And then I laugh, because it's so ridiculous and so gorgeous and it's all I an do to not melt into a fit of giggles. 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? It's like Charlie told the cop. For this old man, this IS home. ↗

— Sara Gruen

#home #old-age #sara-gruen #water-for-elephants #age

Age is terrible thief. Just when you're getting the hang of life, it knocks your legs out from under you and stoops your back ↗

— Sara Gruen

#age

The Babar the Elephant book is sitting in front of me. I pick it up and start reading it. I remember reading it as a small Boy and enjoying it and imagining that I was friends with Babar, his constant Companion during all of his adventures. He went to the moon, I went with him. He fought Tomb Raiders in Egypt, I fought alongside him. He rescued his elephant girlfriend from Ivory Hunters on the Savanna, I coordinated the getaway. I loved that goddamn Elephant and I loved being his friend. In a childhood full of unhappiness and rage, Babar is one of the few pleasant memories that I have. Me and Babar, kicking some motherfucking ass. ↗

— James Frey

#childhood #elephants #reading #imagination

Life goes on with fragile normalcy. ↗

— Sara Gruen

#life

Elephants can sense danger. They're able to detect an approaching tsunami or earthquake before it hits. Unfortunately, Jack did not have this talent. The day his life was turned completely upside down, he was caught unaware. ↗

— Jennifer Richard Jacobson

#elephants #life

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

— Sara Gruen

#water

Well, the big elephant in the whole system is the baby boomer generation that marches through like a herd of elephants. And we begin to retire in 2008. ↗

— Lindsey Graham

#begin #big #boomer #elephant #elephants

It's hard for the donkeys to win the race if they're going to carry the elephants on their backs. ↗

— Jim Hightower

#carry #donkeys #elephants #going #hard

I have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me. ↗

— Noel Coward

#elephant #elephants #fact #i #in fact