Çarşamba, Ağustos 13, 2008

Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal - Christopher Moore


"The angel (Raziel) has confided in me that he is going to ask the Lord if he can become Spider-Man.... The angel says that evil looms larger now than it did in my time, and that calls for greater heroes."

"Mankind, I suppose, is designed to run on - to be motivated by- temptation. If progress is a virtue then this is our greatest gift. (For what is curiosity if not intellectual temptation? And what progress is there without curiosity?)"

"Those who are violent do not die naturally."

"I couldn't relate to the act of raising someone from the dead, but turning down a beautiful woman, that took courage beyond my understanding."

"There's no such thing as a conservative hero."

"It's hard for me, a Jew, to stay in the moment. Without the past, where is the guilt? And without the future, where is the dread? And without guilt and dread, who am I?"

" - Well, I'm in the moment now, and at the moment I'd like to beat the crap out of him.

- You don't mean that.

- Oh, what? I'm supposed to want to be the crap I beat out of him?"

"The yeti sighed and licked Josh's cheek again. I guessed that the creature must have a tongue as rough as a cat's, as Joshua's cheek was going pink with abrasion. 'Turn the other cheek, Josh,' I said. 'Let him wear the other one out.' "

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