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Were you listening to a word I said ' 'I kind of switched off when you drew breath.
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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Individual words, sounds, squiggles on paper with no meanings other than those with which our imagination can clothe them.
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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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Anything devised by man has bureaucracy, corrpution and error hardwired at inception.
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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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Sometimes I don't know whether I'm thening or nowing.
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I work very much on the principle that anything created by mankind has mischief and error hardwired into its inception.
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Aspects that we consider normal today could very well be repugnant in the future - eating animals, for one thing, or abundant choice, or invasive surgery. I was simply trying to demonstrate that what is acceptable today may not be acceptable forever, and vice-versa.
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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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Love isn't sensible, Red. I think that's the point.
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Words are like leaves,. . .like people really, fond of their own society.
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If it weren't for greed, intolerance, hate, passion and murder, you would have no works of art, no great buildings, no medical science, no Mozart, no Van Gough, no Muppets and no Louis Armstrong.
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I'll tell you what love is I said, It is blind devotion, unquestioning self humiliation, utter submission, trust and belief against yourself and against the whole world, giving up your heart and soul to the smiter.
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Don't move, said Sprockett.Mimes don't generally attack unless they are threatened.
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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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A surfeit of information often hides an untruth,” he said, with annoying clarity.
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DCI Horner's advice to Jack Spratt: Remember, m'boy, his old boss had said, eyes twinkling, that if anyone tries to get the better of you, stand up straight and say to yourself in an imperious air, 'I am the new Mrs. de Winter now!' You'll find it works wonders.
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How many people want to read about three disreputable pigs and a dopey wolf with a disposition towards house demolition?
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I collect ex-boyfriends -- and more than five, at last count.
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Our notions of self-determination are, on the whole, something of a myth. We are governed almost exclusively by our own peculiar habits, which makes those who rail against them that much more remarkable.
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Fiction wouldn't be much fun without its fair share of scoundrels, and they have to live somewhere.
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