Christopher Moore
Christopher Moore
deaf
I fink I gots deaf on me willie.
real people fabric
I am convinced by the events of the last few weeks that nefarious forces of people--unidentified but no less real--are threatening life as we know it, and in fact, may be bent on unraveling the very fabric of our existence.
trying ifs knows
All fear comes from trying to see the future, Biff. If you know what is coming, you aren't afraid.
looks look-up wells
Everyone is happier if they have someone else to look down on, as well as someone to look up to, especially if they resent both.
self world bunch
Most of us don't live our lives with one, integrated self that meets the world, we're a whole bunch of selves.
evoke puritanism
Nothing evokes the prurient like puritanism.
fall sarcasm
Sarcasm will make your tits fall off.
language said hawaiians
Ooo ahe-e, I aya oa a," she said in yawnspeak, a language - not unlike Hawaiian - known for its paucity of consonants.
long scary let-it-go
That's the scary thing about hope," she said. "If you let it go too long it turns into faith.
justice tangled world
In fact, he sorely hoped that it would happen, because otherwise, the world made no sense, there was no justice, and life was just a tangled ball of chaos.
problem purity
He always had a problem with the purity of others. Never his own.
lying cat dark
One of them hissed-not the hiss of a cat, a long, steady tone-more like the hiss of air escaping the rubber raft that is all that lies between you and a dark sea full of sharks, the hiss of your life leaking out at the seams.
prepared
Only by being prepared for your death can you ever truly live.
differences faces heat
She hugged me and I could feel the heat rise in my face, either from shame or love, like there was a difference.