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I work very much on the principle that anything created by mankind has mischief and error hardwired into its inception.

Jasper Fforde

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Jasper Fforde
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 11
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
London
England
Mankind
Principles
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Inception
Anything
Mischief
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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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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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Have you ever wondered how nostalgia isnt what it used to be?
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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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Marriage, like spinach and opera, was something I had never thought I would like.
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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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Don't move, said Sprockett.Mimes don't generally attack unless they are threatened.
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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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People who read my books have an open mind when it comes to new, bizarre, interesting and exciting ideas.
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Scientific thought - indeed, any mode of thought, whether it be religious or philosophical or anything else - is just like the fashions that we wear - only much longer lived. It's a little like a boy band.
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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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For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert.
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Sometimes I don't know whether I'm thening or nowing.
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Cats aren't really friendly, they're just cozying up to the dominant life-form as a hedge against extinction.
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True and baseless evil is as rare as the purest good - and we all know how rare that is.
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I don't need you to agree with me, she said quietly. I'll go away happy with a little bit of doubt. Doubt is good. It's an emotion we can build on. Perhaps if we feed it with curiosity it will blossom into something useful, like suspicion - and action.
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To each our own Hamlet.
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If it's a chimera alert, we just follows the screams.
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