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Jasper Fforde quotes: The only time we get to fight the powers of darkness is during one of the kingdom's frequent power cuts The only time we get to fight the powers of darkness is during one of the kingdom's frequent power cuts
Jasper Fforde quotes: Wales: not ALWAYS raining Wales: not ALWAYS raining
Jasper Fforde quotes: That's the thing about destiny: It can't be predicted, and it's usually pretty odd. That's the thing about destiny: It can't be predicted, and it's usually pretty odd.
Jasper Fforde quotes: The best plans are always the simplest. The best plans are always the simplest.
Jasper Fforde quotes: In fact, the room was so quiet you might have heard a drop of paint splash. In fact, the room was so quiet you might have heard a drop of paint splash.
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. 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: For a taste that's a bit more distinct, eat a bird before it's extinct. For a taste that's a bit more distinct, eat a bird before it's extinct.
Jasper Fforde quotes: So my humor, I'd say, comes from a mixture of lowbrow comedy shows and highbrow theater. It's an interesting mix. So my humor, I'd say, comes from a mixture of lowbrow comedy shows and highbrow theater. It's an interesting mix.
Jasper Fforde quotes: I got Oedipus off the incest chargetechnicality, of coursehe didn't know it was his mother at the time. I got Oedipus off the incest charge
technicality, of course
he didn't know it was his mother at the time.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Death cannot be avoided forever, but it can be postponed - in that respect it's very like the washing up. Death cannot be avoided forever, but it can be postponed - in that respect it's very like the washing up.
Jasper Fforde quotes: 1.1.19.02.006: Team sports are mandatory in order to build character. Character is there to give purpose to team sports. 1.1.19.02.006: Team sports are mandatory in order to build character. Character is there to give purpose to team sports.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Governments and fashions come and go but Jane Eyre is for all time. Governments and fashions come and go but Jane Eyre is for all time.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Take no heed of her," explained Jones apologetically. "She reads a lot of books. Take no heed of her," explained Jones apologetically. "She reads a lot of books.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Most of Mycroft's ideas were far too dangerous to even think about, much less let loose on a world unprepared for hyper-radical thought. Most of Mycroft's ideas were far too dangerous to even think about, much less let loose on a world unprepared for hyper-radical thought.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Curiosity is a descending stair ... that leads to only who-knows-where. Curiosity is a descending stair ... that leads to only who-knows-where.
Jasper Fforde quotes: When I was about 10 or 11, I realised that people made movies; until then, I had thought they just happened. When I was about 10 or 11, I realised that people made movies; until then, I had thought they just happened.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Failure concentrates the mind wonderfully. If you don't make mistakes, you're not trying hard enough. Failure concentrates the mind wonderfully. If you don't make mistakes, you're not trying hard enough.
Jasper Fforde quotes: That's insane.''If you look around, you won't find much that isn't. That's insane.'
'If you look around, you won't find much that isn't.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Bah!" exclaimed Rochester. "Pixies both! Begone with you; we will talk later! Bah!" exclaimed Rochester. "Pixies both! Begone with you; we will talk later!
Jasper Fforde quotes: Believe me, you're going to have to do much worse than thisin the pursuit of freedom, the innocents will sufferand at your hands. Believe me, you're going to have to do much worse than this
in the pursuit of freedom, the innocents will suffer
and at your hands.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Being written by someone who might not quite understand the subconscious nuance of the character leaves us in varying degrees of flatness. Being written by someone who might not quite understand the subconscious nuance of the character leaves us in varying degrees of flatness.
Jasper Fforde quotes: If you even think about asking Harry Potter for an autograph, your day ends right now. If you even think about asking Harry Potter for an autograph, your day ends right now.
Jasper Fforde quotes: I have the death sentence in seven genres. I have the death sentence in seven genres.
Jasper Fforde quotes: The opposition Prevailingwind Party led by Alfredo Traficcone The opposition Prevailingwind Party led by Alfredo Traficcone
Jasper Fforde quotes: Death and the end of one's life are two very different things indeed. Death and the end of one's life are two very different things indeed.
Jasper Fforde quotes: I would so hate to be a first-person character! Always on your guard, always having people read your thoughts! I would so hate to be a first-person character! Always on your guard, always having people read your thoughts!
Jasper Fforde quotes: Really? I asked, which is probably the only answer to anything in Conspiracy. Really? I asked, which is probably the only answer to anything in Conspiracy.
Jasper Fforde quotes: My temper began to rise always a bad sign. I would probably end up doing something stupid. My temper began to rise
always a bad sign. I would probably end up doing something stupid.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Another one of your quippy japes? Another one of your quippy japes?
Jasper Fforde quotes: You're just a huge romantic at heart, aren't you?""If there's cash involved, I'm anything you want me to be. You're just a huge romantic at heart, aren't you?"
"If there's cash involved, I'm anything you want me to be.
Jasper Fforde quotes: The circumstances of confusion will be your path to enlightenment' - Thursday Next The circumstances of confusion will be your path to enlightenment' - Thursday Next
Jasper Fforde quotes: The very possibility of death focuses the mind wonderfully. The very possibility of death focuses the mind wonderfully.
Jasper Fforde quotes: There is a certain degree of 'steampunkishness' that creeps into my books. There is a certain degree of 'steampunkishness' that creeps into my books.
Jasper Fforde quotes: 2.5.03.02.005: Generally speaking, if you fiddle with something, it will break. Don't. 2.5.03.02.005: Generally speaking, if you fiddle with something, it will break. Don't.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Speak to any editor and ask them what they turned down, and they'll have long lists of books. Speak to any editor and ask them what they turned down, and they'll have long lists of books.
Jasper Fforde quotes: To each our own Hamlet. To each our own Hamlet.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Keep your head down, Edward. Those that see too much quickly find themselves seeing nothing at all. Keep your head down, Edward. Those that see too much quickly find themselves seeing nothing at all.
Jasper Fforde quotes: The most favorite boy's name is James; the least favorite is Gzxkls. The most favorite boy's name is James; the least favorite is Gzxkls.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Don't ever call me mad, Mycroft. I'm not mad. I'm just ... well, differently moraled, that's all. Don't ever call me mad, Mycroft. I'm not mad. I'm just ... well, differently moraled, that's all.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Miss Strange?" said the receptionist. "The King's Useless Brother has become bored and will see you early. Miss Strange?" said the receptionist. "The King's Useless Brother has become bored and will see you early.
Jasper Fforde quotes: There was something she wasn't telling me, but I had to trust her - only a fool ignores a local guide. "Okay, There was something she wasn't telling me, but I had to trust her - only a fool ignores a local guide. "Okay,
Jasper Fforde quotes: Shall I kill him?" said the princess after a pause. "My father insisted that I be trained in the art of silent assassination just in case. Shall I kill him?" said the princess after a pause. "My father insisted that I be trained in the art of silent assassination just in case.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Good evening," said the barman. "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" "Because Poe wrote on both? Good evening," said the barman. "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" "Because Poe wrote on both?
Jasper Fforde quotes: Never underestimate the capacity for romance, no matter what the circumstances. Never underestimate the capacity for romance, no matter what the circumstances.
Jasper Fforde quotes: The room didn't contain a large jar as Landen had suggested, but rather a human-size sarcophagus made out of Tupperware to ensure freshness. The room didn't contain a large jar as Landen had suggested, but rather a human-size sarcophagus made out of Tupperware to ensure freshness.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Sometimes I wonder if the human race isn't collectively as mad as a sack of door knobs. Sometimes I wonder if the human race isn't collectively as mad as a sack of door knobs.
Jasper Fforde quotes: The cleanest souls are the easiest to soil. The cleanest souls are the easiest to soil.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Sometimes, a word succeeds beyond the wildest dreams of its creators, like a virus sent into the world to infect common speech. Sometimes, a word succeeds beyond the wildest dreams of its creators, like a virus sent into the world to infect common speech.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Anything devised by man has bureaucracy, corrpution and error hardwired at inception. Anything devised by man has bureaucracy, corrpution and error hardwired at inception.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Extraordinary; I could almost see the Cambrian Mountains Extraordinary; I could almost see the Cambrian Mountains
Jasper Fforde quotes: Money is a form of alchemy, [ ... ] it turns kind, normal people into greed-mongers, intent only on acquisitiveness. Money is a form of alchemy, [ ... ] it turns kind, normal people into greed-mongers, intent only on acquisitiveness.
Jasper Fforde quotes: She had, in a few short words, utterly defiled, defamed and defaced the finely tuned social order that was the bedrock of the Collective. She had, in a few short words, utterly defiled, defamed and defaced the finely tuned social order that was the bedrock of the Collective.
Jasper Fforde quotes: He was, after all, the ultimate rebel it takes a lot of cojones to stand up to Zeus. He was, after all, the ultimate rebel
it takes a lot of cojones to stand up to Zeus.
Jasper Fforde quotes: The only way to write is to write. Writers write. And when they've written, they write some more. The only way to write is to write. Writers write. And when they've written, they write some more.
Jasper Fforde quotes: I had never come across a talking cat before, but good manners, as my father used to say, cost nothing. I had never come across a talking cat before, but good manners, as my father used to say, cost nothing.
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. 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: We have it on good authority that they might disguise it as a double entendre in a bedroom farce and deliver it up the rear entrance at Comedy. We have it on good authority that they might disguise it as a double entendre in a bedroom farce and deliver it up the rear entrance at Comedy.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Humpty had always sat on walls, it was his way. Humpty had always sat on walls, it was his way.
Jasper Fforde quotes: The best lies to tell are the ones people want to believe The best lies to tell are the ones people want to believe
Jasper Fforde quotes: ... the known had been so long dwarfed by the unknown that confusion was an easy bedfellow. ... the known had been so long dwarfed by the unknown that confusion was an easy bedfellow.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Fiction wouldn't be much fun without its fair share of scoundrels, and they have to live somewhere. Fiction wouldn't be much fun without its fair share of scoundrels, and they have to live somewhere.
Jasper Fforde quotes: If you give children the freedom to do very little, quite a lot will do very little. If you give children the freedom to do very little, quite a lot will do very little.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Ordinary adults don't like children to speak of things that are denied them by their own gray minds. Ordinary adults don't like children to speak of things that are denied them by their own gray minds.
Jasper Fforde quotes: We all aspire to be ourselves, an original character in a litany of fiction so vast that we know we cannot. We all aspire to be ourselves, an original character in a litany of fiction so vast that we know we cannot.
Jasper Fforde quotes: They had just digested a recent meal of prepositions and were happily farting out apostrophes and ampersands; the air was heav'y with th'em&. They had just digested a recent meal of prepositions and were happily farting out apostrophes and ampersands; the air was heav'y with th'em&.
Jasper Fforde quotes: I hate to admit it, but governmental deviousness is usually better explained by incompetence, vanity, and the need to protect one's job at all costs. I hate to admit it, but governmental deviousness is usually better explained by incompetence, vanity, and the need to protect one's job at all costs.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Those that can be troubled to muse upon the meaning of life are general disappointed when they figure it out. Those that can be troubled to muse upon the meaning of life are general disappointed when they figure it out.
Jasper Fforde quotes: I collect ex-boyfriends and more than five, at last count. I collect ex-boyfriends
and more than five, at last count.
Jasper Fforde quotes: In order to fail, first you have to try. In order to fail, first you have to try.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Two minds with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one. Two minds with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Do I have to talk to insane people?""You're a librarian now. I'm afraid it's mandatory. Do I have to talk to insane people?"
"You're a librarian now. I'm afraid it's mandatory.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Sometimes I don't know whether I'm thening or nowing. Sometimes I don't know whether I'm thening or nowing.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Besides, I punched him in the eye. Besides, I punched him in the eye.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Were you listening to a word I said ' 'I kind of switched off when you drew breath. Were you listening to a word I said '
'I kind of switched off when you drew breath.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Her majesty is one verb short of a sentence. Her majesty is one verb short of a sentence.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Got the rocket-propelled liquorice launcher handy? Got the rocket-propelled liquorice launcher handy?
Jasper Fforde quotes: The fun one can have writing books about books is limitless, to be honest. The fun one can have writing books about books is limitless, to be honest.
Jasper Fforde quotes: How many people want to read about three disreputable pigs and a dopey wolf with a disposition towards house demolition? How many people want to read about three disreputable pigs and a dopey wolf with a disposition towards house demolition?
Jasper Fforde quotes: Growth purely for its own sake is the philosophy of cancer. Growth purely for its own sake is the philosophy of cancer.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Death, I had discovered long ago, was available in varying flavors, and none of them particularly palatable. Death, I had discovered long ago, was available in varying flavors, and none of them particularly palatable.
Jasper Fforde quotes: I wasn't particularly worried; running is overrated anyway, and sport only makes you sweaty and smug and wears out the knees. I wasn't particularly worried; running is overrated anyway, and sport only makes you sweaty and smug and wears out the knees.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Agents and publishers only want one thing - good writing. Agents and publishers only want one thing - good writing.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Every book should have a romance. Every book should have a romance.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Information can liberate but also imprisonate. Information can liberate but also imprisonate.
Jasper Fforde quotes: I was glad to see I had only witnessed Dad's death and not the end of his life, as the two I learned are barely related at all. I was glad to see I had only witnessed Dad's death and not the end of his life, as the two I learned are barely related at all.
Jasper Fforde quotes: True and baseless evil is as rare as the purest goodand we all know how rare that is ... True and baseless evil is as rare as the purest good
and we all know how rare that is ...
Jasper Fforde quotes: Soothsayers are like that. They see many futures but never their own. Soothsayers are like that. They see many futures but never their own.
Jasper Fforde quotes: I'm not of the opinion that the next logical step for a book is for it to be made into a film. I'm not of the opinion that the next logical step for a book is for it to be made into a film.
Jasper Fforde quotes: So you're going to have to ask yourselves on simple question: Which one of us is speaking now? So you're going to have to ask yourselves on simple question: Which one of us is speaking now?
Jasper Fforde quotes: 6.6.19.61.247: Vulgar mispronunciations of everyday words will not be tolerated. 6.6.19.61.247: Vulgar mispronunciations of everyday words will not be tolerated.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Hamlet would worry about having nothing to worry about if he had nothing to worry about, Hamlet would worry about having nothing to worry about if he had nothing to worry about,
Jasper Fforde quotes: Defiance through compliance. Defiance through compliance.
Jasper Fforde quotes: I still feel threatened by academics, but my books have a lot of academic in-jokes and everybody assumes I went to university and studied English. I still feel threatened by academics, but my books have a lot of academic in-jokes and everybody assumes I went to university and studied English.
Jasper Fforde quotes: There is a contract between the reader and the writer. The readers give me their hard-earned cash, and I have to entertain them. There is a contract between the reader and the writer. The readers give me their hard-earned cash, and I have to entertain them.
Jasper Fforde quotes: ...a standing ovation from five-year-olds is not to be sniffed at. ...a standing ovation from five-year-olds is not to be sniffed at.
Jasper Fforde quotes: If this were a novel, you'd have to start a new chapter as soon as I appeared. If this were a novel, you'd have to start a new chapter as soon as I appeared.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Yes, and imagine a world where there were no hypothetical situations. Yes, and imagine a world where there were no hypothetical situations.
Jasper Fforde quotes: I'm beginning to think you're the sort of person who does a great deal with very little.He meant a liar. I'm beginning to think you're the sort of person who does a great deal with very little.
He meant a liar.
Jasper Fforde quotes: Religion isn't the cause of wars, it's the excuse. Religion isn't the cause of wars, it's the excuse.
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. Cash is always the deciding factor in such matters of moral politics; nothing ever gets done unless motivated by commerce or greed.

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