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History has rewritten itself so many times I'm not really sure how it was to begin with -- it's a bit like trying to guess the original color of a wall when it's been repainted eight times.
Jasper Fforde
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Jasper Fforde
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 11
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It wasn’t going to be hard…it was going to be impossible. It wouldn’t deter me. I'd done impossible things several times in the past, and the prospect didn’t scare me as much as it used to.
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Growth purely for its own sake is the philosophy of cancer.
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A surfeit of information often hides an untruth,” he said, with annoying clarity.
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The safest course was actually the simplest-do nothing at all and hope everything turned out for the best. It wasn't a great plan, but it had the benefits of simplicity and a long tradition.
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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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What is there to forgive?. . .Ignore forgive and concentrate on living. Life for you is short far too short to allow small jealousies to infringe on the happiness which can be yours only for the briefest of times.
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Our notions of self-determination are, on the whole, something of a myth. We are governed almost exclusively by our own peculiar habits, which makes those who rail against them that much more remarkable.
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Ordinary adults don't like children to speak of things that are denied them by their own gray minds.
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