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Without unscrambled eggs, there was no time travel, no more depredation of the Now, and we could look to a brighter future of long-term thought--and more reading.
Jasper Fforde
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Jasper Fforde
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 11
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Dead. Never been that before. Not even once.
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I have a very varied taste in music. Everything from rap to classical to Latino to Rat Pack to jazz.
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...the landscape inside Lord of the Rings was so stunning and so stupendous that it could be absorbed as a form of nourishment.
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Words are like leaves,. . .like people really, fond of their own society.
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Comedy was one of those genres that while appearing quite jolly was actually highly dangerous.
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Cats aren't really friendly, they're just cozying up to the dominant life-form as a hedge against extinction.
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The name is Schitt, he replied. Jack Schitt.
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Pretend to be mad and talk a lot. Then — and this is the important bit — do nothing at all until you absolutely have to and then make sure everyone dies.
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After all, reading is arguably a far more creative and imaginative process than writing when the reader creates emotion in their head, or the colors of the sky during the setting sun, or the smell of a warm summer's breeze on their face, they should reserve as much praise for themselves as they do for the writer - perhaps more.
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Humpty had always sat on walls, it was his way.
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Failure concentrates the mind wonderfully. If you don't make mistakes, you're not trying hard enough.
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Love isn't sensible, Red. I think that's the point.
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For a taste that's a bit more distinct, eat a bird before it's extinct.
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