Xena

“By extension, River was Moses, already they were casting him as a future prophet”
― Gavin Edwards, Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind

“the word "avatar" comes from the Sanskrit noun avatāra derived from a verbal root that means to "cross over". Jake's avatar is what enables him to "cross over" from the mortal world to the sublime universe of Pandora”
― William Irwin, Avatar and Philosophy: Learning to See

“I think this kind of a big name to hold up when you're nine years old. It seemed goofy. I used to tell people I wanted to change the world and they used to think the kid's really weird.”
― Gavin Edwards, Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind

“Around the age that most children attended kindergarten and are entrusted with blunt-tipped scissors, River had the massive responsibility of supporting his family.”
― Gavin Edwards, Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind