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Jasper Fforde is a British novelist known for his unique sense of humor and his skillful blending of reality and fantasy. His works are characterized by complex narrative structures and rich imagination, which have won him a wide readership.

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Famous Jasper Fforde Quotes

“It took me ten years and seven books to bag an agent - it took me that long to start writing good.”

Writing Years Long Book Ten Seven Agents Bags

Author:Jasper Fforde

“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.”

Knows Long Said Desire Long Time Sorry Temples Overwhelming Overwhelming Desire

Author:Jasper Fforde

“Death, I had discovered long ago, was available in varying flavors, and none of them particularly palatable.”

Long Available Long Ago Flavor

Book:Thursday Next: First Among Sequels: A Thursday Next Novel

Source: Thursday Next: First Among Sequels: A Thursday Next Novel

“Without unscrambled eggs, there was no time travel, no more depredation of the Now, and we could look to a brighter future of long-term thought--and more reading.”

Looks Long Reading Term Long Term Eggs Time Travel Brighter Brighter Future Thursday Next

Book:Thursday Next: First Among Sequels: A Thursday Next Novel

Source: Thursday Next: First Among Sequels: A Thursday Next Novel

“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.”

Life Long Courses Plans Benefits Tradition Simplicity Simplest

Author:Jasper Fforde

“Reading, I had learned, was as creative a process as writing, sometimes more so. When we read of the dying rays of the setting sun or the boom and swish of the incoming tide, we should reserve as much praise for ourselves as for the author. After all, the reader is doing all the work - the writer might have died long ago.”

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Book:Thursday Next: First Among Sequels: A Thursday Next Novel

Source: Thursday Next: First Among Sequels: A Thursday Next Novel

“Everything comes to an end. A good bottle of wine, a summer’s day, a long-running sitcom, one’s life, and eventually our species. The question for many of us is not that everything will come to an end but when. And can we do anything vaguely useful until it does?”

Long Doe Ends Running Summer Wine Species Bottles Sitcom Bottles Of Wine

Book:The Woman Who Died a Lot: Thursday Next

Source: The Woman Who Died a Lot: Thursday Next

About the Author

Born: January 11, 1961
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 228

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