Quotes / Pink Elephants

"Ever have the DT's?... You will, brother... After all, you're just a freshman. Wait'll you're a sophomore. That's when you start seeing the little animals. You know that stuff about pink elephants? That's the bunk. It's little animals! Little tiny turkeys in straw hats. Midget monkeys coming through the keyholes. See that guy over there? With him it's beetles. Come the night, he sees beetles crawling all over him. Has to be dark though. It's like the doctor was just telling me: delirium is a disease of the night. Good night."

—"Bim" Nolan, The Lost Weekend

"Look out! Look out!
Pink elephants on parade!
Here they come!
Hippety-hoppety!
They're here!
And there!
Pink elephants everywhere!

Look out! Look out!
They're walking around the bed
On their heads!
Clippety-cloppety!
Arrayed in braid!
Pink elephants on parade!

(What'll I do?
What'll I do?
What an unusual view!)

I can stand the sight of worms,
And look at microscopic germs,
But Technicolor® pachyderms
Is really too much for me. MWAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA!!!!!

I am not the type to faint
When things are odd or things are quaint,
But seeing things you know that ain't
Could certainly give you an awful fright!
What a sight!

Chase 'em away! Chase 'em away!
I'm afraid! Need your aid!
Pink elephants on parade!

Pink elephants...
Pink elephants...
Pink elephants..."

—"Pink Elephants on Parade", Dumbo

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