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Don't move, said Sprockett.Mimes don't generally attack unless they are threatened.
Jasper Fforde
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Jasper Fforde
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 11
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Science Fiction Writer
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London
England
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A missing arm might ruin your symmetry. Personal asymmetry where I come from is a big taboo and brings great shame on the family and sometimes even the whole village. Do you then have to kill yourself over it or something? Goodness me, no! The family and village just have to learn to be ashamed--and nuts to them for being so oversensitive.
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Were you listening to a word I said ' 'I kind of switched off when you drew breath.
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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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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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Religion isn't the cause of wars, it's the excuse.
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Dead. Never been that before. Not even once.
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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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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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For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert.
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Love isn't sensible, Red. I think that's the point.
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