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Jasper Fforde Quotes

If you expect me to believe that a lawyer wrote A Midsummer Night's Dream, I must be dafter than I look Picture Quote #1

Literary detection and firearms don't really go hand in hand; pen mighter than the sword and so forth Picture Quote #1

I also read about Heathcliff's unexpected three-year career in Hollywood under the name Buck Stallion and his eventual return to the pages of Wuthering Heights Picture Quote #1

I would so hate to be a first-person character! Always on your guard, always having people read your thoughts! Picture Quote #1

I got Oedipus off the incest charge - technicality, of course - he didn't know it was his mother at the time Picture Quote #1

Fiction wouldn't be much fun without its fair share of scoundrels, and they have to live somewhere Picture Quote #1

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Who do readers expect to see when they pick up this book? Who has won the Most Troubled Romantic Lead at the BookWorld Awards seventy-seven times in a row? Me. All me Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

We were developing a machine that used egg white, heat and sugar to synthesize methanol when a power surge caused an implosion. Owens was meringued. By the time we chipped him out the poor chap had expired Picture Quote #1

If you want your fridge-freezer and your car and a nice house and asphalt on the roads and a health service, then thank the weapons business. Thank the war economy that drives us to this Picture Quote #1

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Cash is always the deciding factor in such matters of moral politics; nothing ever gets done unless motivated by commerce or greed Picture Quote #1

Individual words, sounds, squiggles on paper with no meanings other than those with which our imagination can clothe them Picture Quote #1

I've got six months to sort out the hackers, get the Japanese knotweed under control and find an acceptable form of narcissus Picture Quote #1

... The verses of Byron, Keats or Poe are real whether they are in bootleg form or not. You can still read them for the same effect Picture Quote #1

I didn't set out to discover a truth. I was actually sent to the Outer Fringes to conduct a chair census and learn some humility. But the truth inevitably found me, as important truths often do, like a lost thought in need of a mind Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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The cucumber and the tomato are both fruit; the avocado is a nut. To assist with the dietary requirements of vegetarians, on the first Tuesday of the month a chicken is officially a vegetable Picture Quote #1

Okay, this is the wisdom. First, time spent on reconnaissanse is never wasted. Second, almost anything can be improved with the addition of bacon. And finally, there is no problem on Earth that can't be ameliorated by a hot bath and a cup of tea Picture Quote #1

Because there's someone else here in East Carmin. Someone hopelessly unsuitable. It's all a really bad idea and will lead to trouble of the worst sort. But no matter what, every minute in her presence makes my life a minute more complete Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

There are a lot of idiots in this country, and they deserve representation as much as the next man Picture Quote #1

I suggest we depict penguins as callous and unfeeling creatures who insist on bringing up their children in what is little more than a large chest freezer Picture Quote #1

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I could almost see common sense and denial fighting away at each other within her. In the end, denial won, as it so often does Picture Quote #1

Cucumbers are technically a fruit and in the same family as pumpkins, melons and squash, so it may benefit those markets, although, to be honest, giant melons don't strike me as potentially that commercial Picture Quote #1

By spiritually I merely mean that I feel I have good in my soul and am inclined to follow the correct course of action given a prescribed set of circumstances Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Don't let anyone tell you the future is already written. The best any prophet can do is to give you the most likely version of future events. It is up to us to accept the future for what it is, or change it. It is easy to go with the flow; it takes a person of singular courage to go against it Picture Quote #1

This is our siblings of more famous BookWorld Personalities self-help group expalined Loser (Gatsby). That's Sharon Eyre, the younger and wholly disreputable sister of Jane; Roger Yossarian, the draft dodger and coward; Rupert Bond, still a virgin and can't keep a secret; Tracy Capulet, who has slept her way round Verona twice; and Nancy Potter, who is a Muggle Picture Quote #1

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If you expect me to believe that a lawyer wrote A Midsummer Night's Dream, I must be dafter than I look (Jasper Fforde Quotes) Literary detection and firearms don't really go hand in hand; pen mighter than the sword and so forth (Jasper Fforde Quotes) I also read about Heathcliff's unexpected three-year career in Hollywood under the name Buck Stallion and his eventual return to the pages of Wuthering Heights (Jasper Fforde Quotes) I would so hate to be a first-person character! Always on your guard, always having people read your thoughts! (Jasper Fforde Quotes) I got Oedipus off the incest charge - technicality, of course - he didn't know it was his mother at the time (Jasper Fforde Quotes) Fiction wouldn't be much fun without its fair share of scoundrels, and they have to live somewhere (Jasper Fforde Quotes) Who do readers expect to see when they pick up this book? Who has won the Most Troubled Romantic Lead at the BookWorld Awards seventy-seven times in a row? Me. All me (Jasper Fforde Quotes) 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 (Jasper Fforde Quotes) 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 (Jasper Fforde Quotes) 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 (Jasper Fforde Quotes) We were developing a machine that used egg white, heat and sugar to synthesize methanol when a power surge caused an implosion. Owens was meringued. By the time we chipped him out the poor chap had expired (Jasper Fforde Quotes) If you want your fridge-freezer and your car and a nice house and asphalt on the roads and a health service, then thank the weapons business. Thank the war economy that drives us to this (Jasper Fforde Quotes) Cash is always the deciding factor in such matters of moral politics; nothing ever gets done unless motivated by commerce or greed (Jasper Fforde Quotes) Individual words, sounds, squiggles on paper with no meanings other than those with which our imagination can clothe them (Jasper Fforde Quotes) I've got six months to sort out the hackers, get the Japanese knotweed under control and find an acceptable form of narcissus (Jasper Fforde Quotes) ... The verses of Byron, Keats or Poe are real whether they are in bootleg form or not. You can still read them for the same effect (Jasper Fforde Quotes) I didn't set out to discover a truth. I was actually sent to the Outer Fringes to conduct a chair census and learn some humility. But the truth inevitably found me, as important truths often do, like a lost thought in need of a mind (Jasper Fforde Quotes) 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 (Jasper Fforde Quotes) The cucumber and the tomato are both fruit; the avocado is a nut. To assist with the dietary requirements of vegetarians, on the first Tuesday of the month a chicken is officially a vegetable (Jasper Fforde Quotes) Okay, this is the wisdom. First, time spent on reconnaissanse is never wasted. Second, almost anything can be improved with the addition of bacon. And finally, there is no problem on Earth that can't be ameliorated by a hot bath and a cup of tea (Jasper Fforde Quotes) Because there's someone else here in East Carmin. Someone hopelessly unsuitable. It's all a really bad idea and will lead to trouble of the worst sort. But no matter what, every minute in her presence makes my life a minute more complete (Jasper Fforde Quotes) 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 (Jasper Fforde Quotes) There are a lot of idiots in this country, and they deserve representation as much as the next man (Jasper Fforde Quotes) I suggest we depict penguins as callous and unfeeling creatures who insist on bringing up their children in what is little more than a large chest freezer (Jasper Fforde Quotes) I could almost see common sense and denial fighting away at each other within her. In the end, denial won, as it so often does (Jasper Fforde Quotes) Cucumbers are technically a fruit and in the same family as pumpkins, melons and squash, so it may benefit those markets, although, to be honest, giant melons don't strike me as potentially that commercial (Jasper Fforde Quotes) By spiritually I merely mean that I feel I have good in my soul and am inclined to follow the correct course of action given a prescribed set of circumstances (Jasper Fforde Quotes) 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 (Jasper Fforde Quotes) Don't let anyone tell you the future is already written. The best any prophet can do is to give you the most likely version of future events. It is up to us to accept the future for what it is, or change it. It is easy to go with the flow; it takes a person of singular courage to go against it (Jasper Fforde Quotes) This is our siblings of more famous BookWorld Personalities self-help group expalined Loser (Gatsby). That's Sharon Eyre, the younger and wholly disreputable sister of Jane; Roger Yossarian, the draft dodger and coward; Rupert Bond, still a virgin and can't keep a secret; Tracy Capulet, who has slept her way round Verona twice; and Nancy Potter, who is a Muggle (Jasper Fforde Quotes)

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