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Ordinary adults don't like children to speak of things that are denied them by their own gray minds.
Jasper Fforde
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Jasper Fforde
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 11
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Literary detection and firearms don't really go hand in hand pen mighter than the sword and so forth.
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Writing needs to be practiced there is a limit to how much can be gleaned from a teacher or a manual. The true essence of writing is out there, in the world, and inside, within yourself. To write, you have to give.
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We all make mistakes at some time in our lives, some more than others. It is only when the cost is counted in human lives that people really take notice.
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If the real world were a book, it would never find a publisher.
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Do I have to talk to insane people? You're a librarian now. I'm afraid it's mandatory.
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