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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.

Jasper Fforde

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Jasper Fforde
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 11
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
London
England
Forgiving
Allow
Short
Briefest
Small
Infringe
Happiness
Jealousies
Times
Concentrate
Living
Ignore
Life
Forgive

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