Jasper Fforde Quotes

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• After all, reading is arguably a far more creative and imaginative process than writing; when the reader creates emotion in their head, or the colors of the sky during the setting sun, or the smell of a warm summer's breeze on their face, they should reserve as much praise for themselves as they do for the writer - perhaps more.

  Jasper Fforde

  Summer, Reading, Healing

  Jasper Fforde (2004). “The Well of Lost Plots: A Thursday Next Novel”, p.51, Penguin

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• Books may look like nothing more than words on a page, but they are actually an infinitely complex imaginotransference technology that translates odd, inky squiggles into pictures inside your head.

  Jasper Fforde

  Book, Technology, Looks

  Jasper Fforde (2004). “The Well of Lost Plots: A Thursday Next Novel”, p.50, Penguin

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• If the real world were a book, it would never find a publisher. Overlong, detailed to the point of distraction-and ultimately, without a major resolution.

  Jasper Fforde

  Life, Real, Book

  Jasper Fforde (2009). “Something Rotten: Thursday Next”, p.87, Hachette UK

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• 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

  Time, Tea, Firsts

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• For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert.

  Jasper Fforde

  Science, Opposites, Experts

  Jasper Fforde (2011). “One of our Thursdays is Missing: Thursday Next”, p.122, Hachette UK

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• Failure concentrates the mind wonderfully. If you don't make mistakes, you're not trying hard enough.

  Jasper Fforde

  Mistake, Mind, Trying

  Jasper Fforde (2004). “The Well of Lost Plots: A Thursday Next Novel”, p.231, Penguin

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• Cats aren't really friendly, they're just cozying up to the dominant life-form as a hedge against extinction.

  Jasper Fforde

  Cat, Friendly, Extinction

  Jasper Fforde (2012). “The Last Dragonslayer”, p.117, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• You speak baby gibberish?' asked Jack. 'Fluently. The adult-education center ran a course, and I have a lot of time on my hands.' 'So what did he say?' 'I don't know.' 'I thought you said you spoke gibberish?' 'I do. But your baby doesn't. I think he's speaking either pre-toddler nonsense, a form of infact burble or an obscure dialect of gobbledygook. In any event, I can't understand a word he's saying.' 'Oh.

  Jasper Fforde

  Baby, Thinking, Hands

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• If the real world were a book, it would never find a publisher.

  Jasper Fforde

  Real, Book, World

  Jasper Fforde (2005). “Something Rotten: A Thursday Next Novel”, p.73, Penguin

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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.

  Jasper Fforde

  Essence, Needs, Stories

  Jasper Fforde (2007). “Thursday Next: First Among Sequels: A Thursday Next Novel”, p.201, Penguin

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• Love is a wonderful thing, my dear, but it leaves you wide open for blackmail.

  Jasper Fforde

  Love Is, Wonderful, Dear

  Jasper Fforde (2003). “Lost in a Good Book”, Viking Adult

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• Prejudice is a product of ignorance that hides behind barriers of tradition.

  Jasper Fforde

  Ignorance, Prejudice, Tradition

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• If only life were that simple; if one could jump to the good parts and flick through the bad.

  Jasper Fforde

  Simple, Ifs

  "The Eyre Affair". Book by Jasper Fforde, 2001.

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• Yes, and imagine a world where there were no hypothetical situations.

  Jasper Fforde

  World, Imagine, Situation

  Jasper Fforde (2007). “Thursday Next: First Among Sequels: A Thursday Next Novel”, p.225, Penguin

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• Do you really think you'd win a PR war against a bunch of committed librarians?' He thought about this, but he knew I was right. The libraries were a treasured institution and so central to everyday life that government and commerce rarely did anything that might upset them.Some say they were more powerful than the military, or, if not, they were certainly quieter. As they say: Don't mess with librarians. Only they use a stronger word than 'mess'.

  Jasper Fforde

  Powerful, Military, War

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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.

  Jasper Fforde

  Food, Vegetables, Nuts

  Jasper Fforde (2010). “Shades of Grey”, p.51, Hachette UK

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• Religion isn't the cause of wars, it's the excuse.

  Jasper Fforde

  War, Causes, Excuse

  Jasper Fforde (2013). “The Thursday Next Collection 1-3: The Eyre Affair, Lost in a Good Book, The Well of Lost Plots”, p.81, Hachette UK

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• Ill-fitting grammar are like ill-fitting shoes. You can get used to it for a bit, but then one day your toes fall off and you can't walk to the bathroom.

  Jasper Fforde

  Fall, Shoes, One Day

  Jasper Fforde (2011). “One of our Thursdays is Missing: Thursday Next”, p.22, Hachette UK

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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.

  Jasper Fforde

  Life, Long, Simplicity

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• Quarkbeasts, for all their fearsome looks, are obedient to a fault. They are nine-tenths velociraptor and kitchen blender and one-tenth Labrador. It was the Labrador tenth that I valued most.

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  Kitchen, Looks, Nine

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• Almost anything can be improved with the addition of bacon.

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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.

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  Fighting, Common Sense, Doe

  Jasper Fforde (2003). “Lost in a Good Book”, Viking Adult

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• Lesson one in time travel, Thursday. First of all, we are all time travellers. The vast majority of us manage only one day per day.

  Jasper Fforde

  One Day, Majority, Lessons

  Jasper Fforde (2003). “Lost in a Good Book”, Viking Adult

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• the best lies to tell are the ones people want to believe

  Jasper Fforde

  Lying, Believe, People

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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.

  Jasper Fforde

  Art, Hate, Passion

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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