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Don't ever call me mad, Mycroft. I'm not mad. I'm just ... well, differently moraled, that's all.
Jasper Fforde
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Jasper Fforde
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 11
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He was, after all, the ultimate rebel -- it takes a lot of cojones to stand up to Zeus.
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