Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants

"After sixty-one years together, she simply clutched my hand and exhaled."

"Even as your body betrays you, your mind denies it."

"Even as your body betrays you, your mind denies it."

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

"Even as your body betrays you, your mind denies it."

"I stare at her for a long moment. I want to kiss her. I want to kiss her more than I've ever wanted anything in my life."