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“There's something rotten in the state of Denmark, and Hamlet says… it's payback time!”

Jasper Fforde book Something Rotten

Source: Something Rotten

“I would so hate to be a first-person character! Always on your guard, always having people read your thoughts!”

Jasper Fforde book Lost in a Good Book

Source: Lost in a Good Book

“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 book Something Rotten

Source: Something Rotten

“Take no heed of her…. She reads a lot of books.”

Jasper Fforde book The Eyre Affair

Source: The Eyre Affair

“Whereas story is processed in the mind in a straightforward manner, poetry bypasses rational thought and goes straight to the limbic system and lights it up like a brushfire. It's the crack cocaine of the literary world.”

Jasper Fforde book First Among Sequels

Source: First Among Sequels

“Don't ever call me mad, Mycroft. I'm not mad. I'm just… well,, that's all.”

Jasper Fforde book The Eyre Affair

Source: The Eyre Affair

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

Jasper Fforde book The Eyre Affair

Source: The Eyre Affair

“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 book The Big Over Easy

Source: The Big Over Easy

“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 The Well of Lost Plots

Source: The Well of Lost Plots

“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

Source: Shades of Grey

“Do I have to talk to insane people?"
"You're a librarian now. I'm afraid it's mandatory.”

Jasper Fforde book The Woman Who Died a Lot

Source: The Woman Who Died a Lot

“Sorry," [Hamlet] said, rubbing his temples. "I don't know what came over me. All of a sudden I had this overwhelming desire to talk for a very long time without actually doing anything.”

Jasper Fforde book Something Rotten

Source: Something Rotten

“Her majesty is one verb short of a sentence.”

Jasper Fforde book Lost in a Good Book

Source: Lost in a Good Book

“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

Source: Shades of Grey

“Dead. Never been that before. Not even once.”

Jasper Fforde book First Among Sequels

Source: First Among Sequels

“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

Source: Shades of Grey