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Sorry, [Hamlet] said, rubbing his temples. I don't know what came over me. All of a sudden I had this overwhelming desire to talk for a very long time without actually doing anything.
Jasper Fforde
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Jasper Fforde
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 11
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Science Fiction Writer
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London
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...being written by someone who might not quite understand the subconscious nuance of the character leaves us in varying degrees of flatness.
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I could almost see common sense and denial fighting away at each other within her. In the end, denial won, as it so often does.
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You nearly killed eight people! I managed to gasp out loud. My count was closer to twelve, returned Havisham as she opened the door. And anyhow, you can't nearly kill someone. Either they are dead or they are not.
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There's something rotten in the state of Denmark, and Hamlet says...it's payback time!
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