“Took myself to Byculla. The area around the elephants is very soothing. I wish I were an elephant. I would be so composed.”
“Writers, like elephants, have long, vicious memories. There are things I wish I could forget.”
“The novel is a kind of elephant. But I like to make that elephant dance on a quarter.”
“I have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me. ”
“Were we to be engaged in a war . . we should become absolutely destitute of elephants. . .What would our children do without elephants to amuse them? What would the sick do without the sight of elephants to invigorate them?”
“I grab my bag and open the door, trying to ignore him. But ignoring Gray Porter is like ignoring an elephant in a tutu. A really hot elephant-in a very manly tutu.”