“ Rouge of my heart, intertwined with double-hued destiny,Thread of my thoughts, constant and rubicund legacy,Filament of my future, endeared unto my expectation,Cord of my emotion, seared with eternal… Jasper Fforde
“ She had large, questioning eyes that seemed to draw me in and a sense of quiet outrage that simmered just beneath the surface. More than anything, within her features, there was a streak of wild quirk… Jasper Fforde
“ The sky was like ebony and the only illumination was the harsh white light of the central streetlamp, which cast shadows so hard it seemed you might cut yourself on them. Jasper Fforde
“ Before, I suspected I might not amount to anything, and now I now I won't, so at least it takes away the wearisome burden of delusive hope Jasper Fforde
“ 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 trace… Jasper Fforde
“ Fiction wouldn't be much fun without its fair share of scoundrels, and they have to live somewhere. Jasper Fforde
“ I'm sure it's not all hot buttered crumpets out there in the breathing world of asphalt and heartbeats. Jasper Fforde
“ So you're going to have to ask yourselves on simple question: Which one of us is speaking now? Jasper Fforde
“ Literature is claimed to be a mirror of the world,” I said, “but the Outlanders are fooling themselves. The BookWorld is as orderly as people in the RealWorld *hope* their own world to be—it isn’t a m… Jasper Fforde
“ Now and again. Good residency is about having the power to ask someone to do something, but not necessarily exercising it. Jasper Fforde
“ 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
“ 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… Jasper Fforde
“ Pretend to be mad and talk a lot. Then — and this is the important bit — do nothing at all until you absolutely have to and then make sure everyone dies. Jasper Fforde
“ Vanity's contribution to Fiction in general was an abundance of cheap labour and the occasional blockbuster, which was accepted into Fiction with an apologetic 'gosh, don't know how that happened'. Jasper Fforde
“ 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
