“I have felt the swaying of the elephant's shoulders;
and now you want me to climb
on a jackass? Try to be serious.”

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

“Of course I want that gold belt. Don’t tell me that gold belt sitting up here right now on this table would not look great along side this ivory, elephant-trunk suit that I have got on me right now. It would look perfect.”

“And enough for me that when my hand touched your shoulder, you leaned on me; and when you felt me slip away, you called my name.”

“It hurts to let go. Sometimes it seems the harder you try to hold on to something or someone the more it wants to get away. You feel like some kind of criminal for having felt, for having wanted. For having wanted to be wanted.”

“UnMarketing: “Don’t try to win over the haters; you’re not the jackass whisperer.”

“I felt the fight in me; but I don't want to have to fight all the time.”

“If you want to buy my wares
Follow me and climb the stairs …
Love for sale.”

“When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.”

“I want you as the dream,
Not the reality.
That clumsy good-bye kiss could fool me.
But looking back over my shoulder
at you happy without me.”