“ She's in the Catskill," Shopie began, but Scathach reached over and pinched her hand. " Michael Scott
“ A mouse can fall down a mine shaft a third of a mile deep without injury. A rat falling the same distance would break his bones; a man would simply splash ... Elephants have their legs thickened to an… John Scott Haldane
“ 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 small Boy and enjoying it and imagining that I was friends with Babar, his constant… James Frey
“ We must have bearers, and outriders, and perhaps an elephant — they are so imposing, nothing says ‘Get out of the way’ quite like an elephant in the front . . . Neil Gaiman
“ Don't ask why the elephants wear such large shoes,And why the kangaroos are reborn kidnappers,And why the sailing birds are all Romantics. Robert Bly
“ An agile, well-trained, brave elephant, ridden by a good mahout, its trunk armed with the kind of sabre known as a qartal and covered with chain mail, while the rest of its body is protected by sheets… Al-Mas'udi
“ Loyalty was a great thing, but no lieutenants should be forced to choose between their leader and a circus with elephants. Neil Gaiman
“ At independence, Tanzania had 350,000 elephants... in 1987, there were only 55,000 elephants left. Jakaya Kikwete
“ They say that somewhere in Africa the elephants have a secret grave where they go to lie down, unburden their wrinkled gray bodies, and soar away, light spirits at the end. Robert R. McCammon
“ If there were no goodness in people, mankind would still be confined to loping across a Savannah somewhere on Earth, watching the elephants rule, or some other more compassionate species. Orson Scott Card
