“This book you've read is just a story. I made it up. It is not designed to change anyone's beliefs or worldview, unless after reading it you've decided to be kinder to your fellow humans (which is okay), or you decide you really would like to teach yoga to an elephant, in which case, please get videotape.”

— Christopher Moore, book Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

Afterword : Teaching Yoga to an Elephant
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal (2002)

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