Quotes about Elephants

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They say that somewhere in Africa the elephants have a secret grave where they go to lie down, unburden their wrinkled g — Robert McCammon, Boy's Life
If the shrike did not eat the grasshoppers, then the grasshoppers would eat all the grass, and there would be none left — Eric Dinerstein, What Elephants Know
She's in the Catskill," Shopie began, but Scathach reached over and pinched her hand. " — Michael Scott
An agile, well-trained, brave elephant, ridden by a good mahout, its trunk armed with the kind of sabre known as a qarta — Al-Mas'udi
But wasn't that progress too, that the elephants were killed off like the mastodon and giant rhino before them, like all — Mike Bond, The Last Savanna
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 sma — James Frey
You do right by me, I'll show you a life most suckers can't even dream of. — Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants
Loyalty was a great thing, but no lieutenants should be forced to choose between their leader and a circus with elephant — Neil Gaiman, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
If there were no goodness in people, mankind would still be confined to loping across a Savannah somewhere on Earth, wat — Orson Scott Card, The Worthing Saga
I have spent hours and hours watching elephants, and to come to understand what emotional creatures they are...it's not — Mike Bond, The Last Savanna
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 — Sara Gruen
I was still excited. Big or small, elephants are elephants, after all. Just before we mounted, when I was sure no one co — Karen Lord, The Best of All Possible Worlds
Cry no tears for us, my friend.” I pry at her fingers, panicking to be released in fear that she may drag me into death — Nathan Reese Maher
Elephants, it turns out, are surprisingly stealthy. As the sunlight fades, other species declare their presence. Throngs — Thomas French, Zoo Story: Life in the Garden of Captives
But perhaps the most important lesson I learned is that there are no walls between humans and the elephants except those — Lawrence Anthony, The Elephant Whisperer
If you're gonna shoot an elephant Mr. Schneider, you better be prepared to finish the job. — Gary Larson, The Far Side
The whole thing's illusion, [Jacob], and there's nothing wrong with that. It's what people want from us. It's what they — Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants
Southampton's barrage balloons floated gleaming in the moonlight like the ghosts of elephants and hippos. — Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity
A mouse can fall down a mine shaft a third of a mile deep without injury. A rat falling the same distance would break hi — John Scott Haldane
Solomon breathed a sigh of relief ever so slightly, thankful that the cricket had not been eaten. Not that he was concer — Michael Delaware, Scary Elephant Meets the Closet Monster