Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

From the Quotation of the day mailing list, 2005-08-21:

"Finally, this story was set in a dire time, a deadly serious time, and the world of the first-century Jew under the rule of the Romans would not have been one that easily inspired mirth. It's more than a small anachronism that I portray Joshua having and making fun, yet somehow, I like to think that while he carried out his sacred mission, Jesus of Nazareth might have enjoyed a sense of irony and the company of a wisecracking buddy. This story is not and never was meant to challenge anyone's faith; however, if one's faith can be shaken by stories in a humorous novel, one may have a bit more praying to do." -- Christopher Moore, Afterword to Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

polykleitos wrote (and yes, this is how far behind I am on my LJ reading): "When you see this, post something original, in your own words, that isn't a quote from anywhere. Please." Therefore ...

Though no thing be new beneath the sun,
I did not quote these lines from anyone.
If any other hath spoken similarly
I blame it all on synchronicity.

I guess this would also be a good time to post a link to the (intentionally) self-defeating meme someone on my friends list put up, but I've lost track of who it was or which of my myriad open browser windows I might have left it open in. Whoops. And I can't just copy it from memory because the instructions say not to do that, of course. [Edit: found it. I figure linking to it doesn't violate the letter of the instructions, even if it does sort of try to sidle past the intent.]