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> [All fear comes from trying to see the future, Biff. If you know what is coming, you aren't afraid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-moore/all-fear-comes-from-trying-to-see-the-future-biff-if-you-know-what-is/)

[Christopher Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-moore/)

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> [“Shoes off in the whale! And don't try and make a break for the anus.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-moore/shoes-off-in-the-whale-and-don-t-try-and-make-a-break-for-the-anus/)

[Christopher Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-moore/)

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> [You're trying to be tricky. What's morality?" "It's the difference between what's right and what you can rationalize." "Must be a human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-moore/you-re-trying-to-be-tricky-what-s-morality-it-s-the-difference/)

[Christopher Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-moore/)

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> [They want to be tied up, I tie them up. They want to be spanked, I spank them. They want to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-moore/they-want-to-be-tied-up-i-tie-them-up-they-want-to-be-spanked-i-spank/)

[Christopher Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-moore/)

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> [Well they're pissed off and they're hungry. I was kind of busy trying not to get my brains eaten. They seemed pretty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-moore/well-they-re-pissed-off-and-they-re-hungry-i-was-kind-of-busy-trying/)

[Christopher Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-moore/)

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> [When you're telling stories, you are actually trying to illuminate some portion of the truth in an artful way. The story may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-moore/when-you-re-telling-stories-you-are-actually-trying-to-illuminate/)

[Christopher Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-moore/)

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> [If they'd been dogs, they would have all been in the yard eating grass and trying to yak up whatever was making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-moore/if-they-d-been-dogs-they-would-have-all-been-in-the-yard-eating-grass/)

[Christopher Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-moore/)

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> [As far as visual artists, I find inspiration in Henri Rousseau, who painted amazing, dream-like junglescapes without ever leaving France, and who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-moore/as-far-as-visual-artists-i-find-inspiration-in-henri-rousseau-who/)

[Christopher Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-moore/)

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> [Like looking down on a lubricious chess set, isn't it? The king moves in tiny steps, with no direction, like a drunkard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-moore/like-looking-down-on-a-lubricious-chess-set-isn-t-it-the-king-moves/)

[Christopher Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-moore/)

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> [Little-boy love...the cleanest pain I've ever known. Love without desire, conditions, or limits - a pure and radiant glow in the heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-moore/little-boy-love-the-cleanest-pain-i-ve-ever-known-love-without-desire/)

[Christopher Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-moore/)

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> [For a while he'd tried molding himself into the tragic Romantic hero, brooding and staring clench-jawed off into space as he composed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-moore/for-a-while-he-d-tried-molding-himself-into-the-tragic-romantic-hero/)

[Christopher Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-moore/)

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## Other authors on Trying

## More by Christopher Moore

> [“Love them all," said Renoir. "That is the secret, young man. Love them all." The painter let go of his arm and shrugged. "Then,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-moore/love-them-all-said-renoir-that-is-the-secret-young-man-love-them-all/)

[Christopher Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-moore/)

> [“I tried cutting myself to express my heartbreak over Tommy (Lord Flood) rejecting me, but OMFG it hurts like flaming fuck.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-moore/i-tried-cutting-myself-to-express-my-heartbreak-over-tommy-lord-flood/)

[Christopher Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-moore/)

> [Canada is a myth people made up to entertain children, like the Tooth Fairy. There’s no such place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-moore/canada-is-a-myth-people-made-up-to-entertain-children-like-the-tooth/)

[Christopher Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-moore/)

> [Sarcasm will make your tits fall off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-moore/sarcasm-will-make-your-tits-fall-off/)

[Christopher Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-moore/)

> [“I hope you are not here to ask me to do my bawdy business- the monkey has a nosebleed and the circus, sir, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-moore/i-hope-you-are-not-here-to-ask-me-to-do-my-bawdy-business-the-monkey/)

[Christopher Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-moore/)

> [The prospect of change is a many-fanged beast, my dear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-moore/the-prospect-of-change-is-a-many-fanged-beast-my-dear/)

[Christopher Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-moore/)

> [“The night was crisp and the stars shone with a cold blue light like loneliness or infinity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-moore/the-night-was-crisp-and-the-stars-shone-with-a-cold-blue-light-like/)

[Christopher Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-moore/)

> [Children see magic because they look for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-moore/children-see-magic-because-they-look-for-it/)

[Christopher Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-moore/)

> [“Abby Von Normal - And I'm like, "Don't change the subject, Kung Pao, what I want to know is if you're ready to spend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-moore/abby-von-normal-and-i-m-like-don-t-change-the-subject-kung-pao-what-i/)

[Christopher Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-moore/)

> [“You can't just go around blurting out the truth like a prophet with Tourette's syndrome.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-moore/you-can-t-just-go-around-blurting-out-the-truth-like-a-prophet-with/)

[Christopher Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-moore/)

> [How could you deal with a creature as devious as woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-moore/how-could-you-deal-with-a-creature-as-devious-as-woman/)

[Christopher Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-moore/)

> [“…turning your ankle hurts like hell, even if you're a superhero.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-moore/turning-your-ankle-hurts-like-hell-even-if-you-re-a-superhero/)

[Christopher Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-moore/)

> [Lonliness evaporated off of them like the steam off dry ice, and by morning it was just a cloud on the ceiling of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-moore/lonliness-evaporated-off-of-them-like-the-steam-off-dry-ice-and-by/)

[Christopher Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-moore/)

> [“Give us a call or you know, flash a searchlight in the sky with your logo on it, because we monitor everything.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-moore/give-us-a-call-or-you-know-flash-a-searchlight-in-the-sky-with-your/)

[Christopher Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-moore/)

> [“it wasn't so much like the hands of time had stood still here, more like they'd been thrown in the air in exasperation, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-moore/it-wasn-t-so-much-like-the-hands-of-time-had-stood-still-here-more/)

[Christopher Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-moore/)

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