For me, 'Lamb' started out as a further exploration of the phenomenon of faith and the responsibility of a messiah that I touched on in 'Coyote Blue' and 'Island of the Sequined Love Nun,' but it ended up being an exploration of the true meaning of sacrifice, loyalty, and friendship.

— Christopher Moore

He was a writer and words were his weapons.

— Christopher Moore

Hope is bulletproof, truth just hard to hit

— Christopher Moore

If there was anything I learned from John the Baptist, it was that the sooner you confess a mistake, the quicker you can get on to making new and better mistakes.

— Christopher Moore

If they'd been dogs, they would have all been in the yard eating grass and trying to yak up whatever was making them feel so lousy. Not a bone gnawed, not a ball chased-all tails went untagged. Oh, life is a fast cat, a short leash, a flea in that place where you just can't scratch.

— Christopher Moore

If you think anyone is sane you just don't know enough about them.

— Christopher Moore

I gave you all!" screeched Lear, waving a palsied claw at Regan." And you took your bloody time giving it, too, you senile old fuck," said Regan.

— Christopher Moore

I like a girl with a substantial bottom,' said Renoir, drawing in the air the size bottom he preferred.

— Christopher Moore

I love you above all things, even pie.

— Christopher Moore

I'm beginning to wonder," said Kent, sitting down now on an overturned wooden tub. "Who do I serve? Why am I here?" You are here, because, in the expanding ethical ambiguity of our situation, you are steadfast in your righteousness. It is to you, our banished friend, that we all turn—a light amid the dark dealings of family and politics. You are the moral backbone on which the rest of us hang our bloody bits. Without you, we are merely wiggly masses of desire writhing in our own devious bile." Really?" asked the old knight. Aye," said I. I'm not sure if I want to keep company with you lot, then.

— Christopher Moore