“ How about this,' I said. 'We modify our plans with regard to ongoing facts as they become known to us, then remodify them as the situation unfolds. 'You mean make it all up as we go along?' asked Perk… Jasper Fforde
“ I've managed to bring the backlog down to a mere sixty-eight years," she announced with some small sense of achievement. "I hope to be able to start marking the papers of pupils who are still alive by… Jasper Fforde
“ Death, I had discovered long ago, was available in varying flavors, and none of them particularly palatable. Jasper Fforde
“ 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… Jasper Fforde
“ Bowden Cable is the sort of honest and dependable operative that is the backbone of SpecOps. They never win commendations or medalsand the public has no knowledge of them at all. They are all worth te… Jasper Fforde
“ I didn't set out to discover a truth. I was actually sent to the Outer Fringes to conduct a chair census and learn some humility. But the truth inevitably found me, as important truths often do, like… Jasper Fforde
“ I shouldn't believe anything I say, if I were you-and that includes what I just told you. Jasper Fforde
“ I would so hate to be a first-person character! Always on your guard, always having people read your thoughts! Jasper Fforde
“ 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… Jasper Fforde
“ 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
