Elmer Quotes

“I packed my stuff, left my cactus BILLY with the neighbors, and got a taxi to the bus station.”
― Gerry Alanguilan, Elmer

“Aw, dad... this isn't another one of those "oh, you're LUCKY you didn't have to peck dry corn and uncooked rice off the dirt!" kind of thing is it?”
― Gerry Alanguilan, Elmer

“I'm realizing how short people's memories are, and what's written here could help them remember what it was like for us. This is not just my story, or your mother's, or your Uncle Joseph's, or Farmer Ben's. This is the story of so many people who lived through those times like us. This is our story. All of us. And it's important not to forget.”
― Gerry Alanguilan, Elmer

“God, I felt as if I had just been flattened by ‘Elmer’ the elephant.”
― Adele Rose, Shattered