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I could almost see common sense and denial fighting away at each other within her. In the end, denial won, as it so often does.

Jasper Fforde

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Jasper Fforde
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 11
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
London
England
Within
Fighting
Common
Often
Sense
Away
Denial
Ends
Doe
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The Kingdom of Hereford was unique in the Ununited Kingdoms for having driving tests based on maturity, not age, much to the chagrin of a lot of males, some of whom were still failing to make the grade at thirty-two.
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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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Failure concentrates the mind wonderfully. If you don't make mistakes, you're not trying hard enough.
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Marriage is an honorable estate and should not be used simply as an excuse for legal intercourse.
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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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I didn't set out to discover a truth. I was actually sent to the Outer Fringes to conduct a chair census and learn some humility. But the truth inevitably found me, as important truths often do, like a lost thought in need of a mind.
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Mr. Pewter led them through to a library, filled with thousands of antiquarian books. 'Impressive, eh?' 'Very,' said Jack. 'How did you amass all these?' 'Well,' said Pewter, 'You know the person who always borrows books and never gives them back?' 'Yes...?' 'I'm that person.
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Sometimes, a word succeeds beyond the wildest dreams of its creators, like a virus sent into the world to infect common speech.
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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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History has rewritten itself so many times I'm not really sure how it was to begin with -- it's a bit like trying to guess the original color of a wall when it's been repainted eight times.
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For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert.
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Agents and publishers only want one thing - good writing.
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Words are like leaves,. . .like people really, fond of their own society.
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