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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.

Jasper Fforde

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Jasper Fforde
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 11
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
London
England
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Submission
Soul
Utter
Self
Humiliation
Whole
Devotion
Giving
Blind
Heart
Friendship
Love
Trust
World
Belief
Unquestioning

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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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If the real world were a book, it would never find a publisher.
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You many have noticed I have a temper ... but when I calmed down, I realized that this world, blighted and imperfect as it is, would be better with you in it.
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Sorry, [Hamlet] said, rubbing his temples. I don't know what came over me. All of a sudden I had this overwhelming desire to talk for a very long time without actually doing anything.
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Humans like stories. Humans need stories. Stories are good. Stories work. Story clarifies and captures the essence of the human spirit. Story, in all its forms—of life, of love, of knowledge—has traced the upward surge of mankind. And story, you mark my words, will be with the last human to draw breath.
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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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I have the death sentence in seven genres.
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Love isn't sensible, Red. I think that's the point.
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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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Without a yardstick sometimes the high points can be taken for granted.
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For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert.
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Her majesty is one verb short of a sentence.
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I work very much on the principle that anything created by mankind has mischief and error hardwired into its inception.
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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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For a taste that's a bit more distinct, eat a bird before it's extinct.
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That's the thing about destiny: It can't be predicted, and it's usually pretty odd.
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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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