The universe always moves from an ordered state to a disordered one; that a glass may fall to the ground and shatter yet you never see a broken glass reassemble itself and then jump back on the table. Jasper Fforde More Quotes by Jasper Fforde More Quotes From Jasper Fforde Don't ever call me mad, Mycroft. I'm not mad. I'm just ... well, differently moraled, that's all. Jasper Fforde political-correctness call-me mad Dead. Never been that before. Not even once. Jasper Fforde Death, I had discovered long ago, was available in varying flavors, and none of them particularly palatable. Jasper Fforde flavor long-ago long Apart from the faint odor of ink that pervaded the scene, it might have been real. Jasper Fforde odor ink real True and baseless evil is as rare as the purest good - and we all know how rare that is. Jasper Fforde know-how evil knows If you expect me to believe that a lawyer wrote A Midsummer Night's Dream, I must be dafter than I look. Jasper Fforde dream night believe Literary detection and firearms don't really go hand in hand; pen mighter than the sword and so forth. Jasper Fforde detection pens hands I also read about Heathcliff's unexpected three-year career in Hollywood under the name Buck Stallion and his eventual return to the pages of Wuthering Heights. Jasper Fforde careers names years …Tell me, has anything odd happened to you recently? What do you mean, odd?' Unusual. Deviating from the customary. Something outside the usual parameters of normalcy. An occurrence of unprecedented weird. Jasper Fforde normalcy usual mean Goodness is weakness, pleasantness is poisonous, serenity is mediocrity and kindness is for losers. The best reason for committing loathsome and detestable acts – and let’s face it, I am considered something of an expert in this field – is purely for their own sake. Monetary gain is all very well, but it dilutes the taste of wickedness to a lower level that is obtainable by almost anyone with an overdeveloped sense of avarice. True and baseless evil is as rare as the purest good. Jasper Fforde serenity evil kindness 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. Jasper Fforde eggs reading long Defiance through compliance. Jasper Fforde compliance defiance A good butler should save his employer's life at least once a day. Jasper Fforde employers butlers should I got Oedipus off the incest charge--technicality, of course--he didn't know it was his mother at the time. Jasper Fforde oedipus courses mother Journeys up the Metaphoric River are hugely enjoyable and highly recommended. Since every genre is nourished by its heady waters, a paddle steamer can take even the most walk-shy tourists to their chosen destination. As a bonus, there is traditionally at least one murder on board each trip--a "consideration" to the head steward will ensure that it is not you. Jasper Fforde genre-is journey rivers the Real-World was a sprawling mess of a book in need of a good editor. Jasper Fforde editors real 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. Jasper Fforde sibling personality self He set fire to some potatoes, then cooked some undelivered post in the embers." - Dad "Did he now? What a strange fellow. I would have done it the other way around." - Stafford Jasper Fforde dad done fire You many have noticed I have a temper ... but when I calmed down, I realized that this world, blighted and imperfect as it is, would be better with you in it. Jasper Fforde imperfect would-be world Comedy was one of those genres that while appearing quite jolly was actually highly dangerous. Jasper Fforde genre dangerous comedy
