All 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… Addition
- 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… All
- I loved him, officer. More than any woman ever loved an egg. Any
- the best lies to tell are the ones people want to believe Believe
- 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… Adult
- Mr. Pewter led them through to a library, filled with thousands of antiquarian books. 'Impressive, eh?' 'Very,' said Jack. 'How did you amass all these?'… All
- Scientific thought - indeed, any mode of thought, whether it be religious or philosophical or anything else - is just like the fashions that we… Any
- There are a lot of idiots in this country, and they deserve representation as much as the next man. Country
- Have you ever wondered how nostalgia isn"t what it used to be? Ever Wondered
- Yes, and imagine a world where there were no hypothetical situations. Hypothetical
- 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… Bringing
- For a taste that's a bit more distinct, eat a bird before it's extinct. Bird
- Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary, O’er a plan to venge myself upon that cursed Thursday Next- This Eyre affair,… Advising
- 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. Almost See
- 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… Deter
- Anything devised by man has bureaucracy, corrpution and error hardwired at inception. Bureaucracy
- Defiance through compliance. Compliance
- 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… Accept
- A good butler should save his employer's life at least once a day. Butler
- Journeys up the Metaphoric River are hugely enjoyable and highly recommended. Since every genre is nourished by its heady waters, a paddle steamer can take… Board
- What’s the opposite of déjà vu, when you see something that hasn’t happened yet?” “I don’t know—avant verrais? Avant
- For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert. Equal
- the Real-World was a sprawling mess of a book in need of a good editor. Book
- 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;… Bond
- He set fire to some potatoes, then cooked some undelivered post in the embers." - Dad "Did he now? What a strange fellow. I would… Cooked