653 Quotes by Christopher Moore

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    Chinatown is a mystery wrapped in an enigma, wrapped in a wonton, and fried.

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    Most of us don’t live our lives with one, integrated self that meets the world, we’re a whole bunch of selves.

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    I would paint more farms,” said Toulouse-Lautrec, “but they always put them so far from the bar.

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    Getting a rise out of him was like trying to give a handjob to a parking meter: you were going to end up frustrated and exhausted long before a cop came along to haul you away.

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    What you seek, you shall never find. For when the Gods made man, They kept immortality for themselves. Fill your belly. Day and night make merry, Let Days be full of joy. Love the child that holds your hand. Let your wife delight in your embrace. For these alone are the concerns of man. – The Epic of Gilgamesh.

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    San Francisco is a breathtakingly beautiful city, with lots of great contrasts between dark and light, often overlapping each other. It’s a great setting for a horror story.

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    True, I am drunk, and small, and damp, but mistake not my moistness for weakness, although there’s an argument to be made for that, as well.

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