“The industrial age had only just begun; the planet had reached its Best Before date.”
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Famous Jasper Fforde Quotes
Source: The Last Dragonslayer: Last Dragonslayer
“Marriage is an honorable estate and should not be used simply as an excuse for legal intercourse.”
“Do I have to talk to insane people?" "You're a librarian now. I'm afraid it's mandatory.”
“Love and magic are like oil and water--they just don't mix.”
Source: The Last Dragonslayer: The Chronicles of Kazam
Source: Thursday Next: First Among Sequels: A Thursday Next Novel
“That's the thing about destiny: It can't be predicted, and it's usually pretty odd.”
Source: The Last Dragonslayer
Source: The Woman Who Died a Lot: Thursday Next
Source: The Last Dragonslayer
“Sometimes choice is a luxury that fate does not afford us.”
Source: The Last Dragonslayer
“Books" - Snell smiled - "are a kind of magic.”
Source: Well of Lost Plots
“If only life were that simple; if one could jump to the good parts and flick through the bad.”
Source: Lost in a Good Book
Source: Shades of Grey
“If the real world were a book, it would never find a publisher.”
Source: Something Rotten: A Thursday Next Novel
“People don't change just because you know more about them.”
Source: The Fourth Bear: A Nursery Crime
“Writing is a subtle art that is reached mostly by self-discovery and experimentation.”