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True and baseless evil is as rare as the purest good - and we all know how rare that is.
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
England
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Individual words, sounds, squiggles on paper with no meanings other than those with which our imagination can clothe them.
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Humpty had always sat on walls, it was his way.
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I shouldn't believe anything I say, if I were you-and that includes what I just told you.
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Aspects that we consider normal today could very well be repugnant in the future - eating animals, for one thing, or abundant choice, or invasive surgery. I was simply trying to demonstrate that what is acceptable today may not be acceptable forever, and vice-versa.
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Take no heed of her.... She reads a lot of books.
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Don't move, said Sprockett.Mimes don't generally attack unless they are threatened.
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For a taste that's a bit more distinct, eat a bird before it's extinct.
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