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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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Jasper Fforde
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 11
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
London
England
Ultimate
Stand
Takes
Cojones
Zeus
Rebel

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True and baseless evil is as rare as the purest good - and we all know how rare that is.
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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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Cash is always the deciding factor in such matters of moral politics nothing ever gets done unless motivated by commerce or greed.
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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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Dead. Never been that before. Not even once.
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Don't move, said Sprockett.Mimes don't generally attack unless they are threatened.
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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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I'll tell you what love is I said, It is blind devotion, unquestioning self humiliation, utter submission, trust and belief against yourself and against the whole world, giving up your heart and soul to the smiter.
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Without a yardstick sometimes the high points can be taken for granted.
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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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Sometimes choice is a luxury that fate does not afford us.
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For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert.
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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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People who read my books have an open mind when it comes to new, bizarre, interesting and exciting ideas.
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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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