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If the real world were a book, it would never find a publisher.
Jasper Fforde
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Jasper Fforde
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 11
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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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He was, after all, the ultimate rebel -- it takes a lot of cojones to stand up to Zeus.
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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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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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