“In any regime there is always something that one should agree with, and in Shades there are quite a few notions that, on the face of it, seem like a good thing - the strict adherence to good manners, the fact that learning a musical instrument is compulsory, as is dancing, performing musicals and an hour's Useful Work every day in order to properly discharge your duty to society. But a cage is still a cage, irrespective of the nature of its bars.” ShouldStillsFactsSeemsFacesOrderHoursDutyAgreeInstrumentsDancingGood ThingsNotionMusicalBarsMannersPerformingGood ManShadeRegimesStrictCagesGood MannersDischargeCompulsoryMusical InstrumentsAdherence Author:Jasper Fforde
“To a great extent, I still write for myself, write what amuses me. Fortunately, I have a quirky sort of strange sense of humor that appeals to other people and that's good. I still sort of write for myself though there are some areas of the book I feel I have to put in and I feel I have to deliver.” PeopleFeelsWritingStillsBookStrangeAreasAppealsSense Of HumorQuirky Author:Jasper Fforde
“How fishy on the fishiness scale? Ten is a stickleback and one is a whale shark." "A whale isn't a fish, Thursday." "A whale shark is--sort of." "All right, it's as fishy as a crayfish." "A crayfish isn't a fish." "A starfish, then." "Still not a fish." "This is a very odd conversation, Thursday.” StillsTenConversationFishesScalesOddSharksWhalesThursdayStarfishFishy Book:Lost in a Good Book Source: Lost in a Good Book
“This is our siblings of more famous BookWorld Personalities self-help group expalined Loser (Gatsby). That's Sharon Eyre, the younger and wholly disreputable sister of Jane; Roger Yossarian, the draft dodger and coward; Rupert Bond, still a virgin and can't keep a secret; Tracy Capulet, who has slept her way round Verona twice; and Nancy Potter, who is a Muggle.” WayStillsSelfHelpingSecretGroupsSelf HelpPersonalityRoundsCowardLoserVirginsJanePottersSiblingRogerNancyDodgersSharonTracyYossarianMuggles Author: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 the end of the decade.” YearsStillsEndsAbleTeacherAliveAchievementPaperMereEightDecadesSixtyPapersPupils Author:Jasper Fforde
“The Kingdom of Hereford was unique in the Ununited Kingdoms for having driving tests based on maturity, not age, much to the chagrin of a lot of males, some of whom were still failing to make the grade at thirty-two.” StillsTwoAgeFailingUniqueTestsMalesDrivingKingdomsMaturityThirtyGradesChagrin Book:The Last Dragonslayer: Last Dragonslayer Source: The Last Dragonslayer: Last Dragonslayer
“I still feel threatened by academics, but my books have a lot of academic in-jokes and everybody assumes I went to university and studied English.” FeelsStillsBookJokesAssumingUniversityAcademicThreatened Author:Jasper Fforde
