“Here is the world. It is not a safe place, but however frightening and bewildering life may become, we can survive our fears, grab them by the wolf ’s tail as Peter did, and make peace with the world.”
— ― Terry Tempest Williams, When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice
"The Barbar 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 Companion during all of his adventures. He went to the moon, I went with him. He fought Tomb Raiders in Egypt, I fought alongside him. He rescued his Elephant girlfriend from Ivory Hunters on the Savanna, I coordinated the gateway. I loved that goddamn Elephant and I loved being his friend. In a childhood full of unhappiness and rage. Barbar is one of the few pleasant memories that I have. Me and Barbar, kicking some motherfukcking ass." - James Frey