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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.

Jasper Fforde

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Jasper Fforde
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 11
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
London
England
World
Calmed
Noticed
Imperfect
Temper
Realized
Better
Many
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A surfeit of information often hides an untruth,” he said, with annoying clarity.
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If only life were that simple if one could jump to the good parts and flick through the bad.
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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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The safest course was actually the simplest-do nothing at all and hope everything turned out for the best. It wasn't a great plan, but it had the benefits of simplicity and a long tradition.
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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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You have many fine qualities that I admire. But you are out of time. You should have been born a century ago, when values such as yours meant something.
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Mr. McGregor's a nasty piece of work, isn't he? Quite the Darth Vader of children's literature.
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I've never been averse to a little risk - after all, writing without risk is not really writing at all. Sometimes one has to just let fly with a high concept piece and see where the pieces fall. As it generally turns out, the central story is familiar, but just with different rules of engagement.
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Palindrome as well. My sister's name is Hannah. Father liked word games. He was fourteen times World Scrabble Champion. When he died, we buried him at Queenzieburn to make use of the triple word score.
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I have the death sentence in seven genres.
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The fun one can have writing books about books is limitless, to be honest.
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