“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 the literary world.”
― Jasper Fforde, quote from First Among Sequels
“Two minds with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one.”
― Jasper Fforde, quote from First Among Sequels
“Reality TV was to me the worst form of entertainment--the modern equivalent of paying sixpence to watch lunatics howling at the wall down at the local madhouse.”
― Jasper Fforde, quote from First Among Sequels
“Yes, and imagine a world where there were no hypothetical situations.”
― Jasper Fforde, quote from First Among Sequels
“Have you ever wondered how nostalgia isn"t what it used to be?”
― Jasper Fforde, quote from First Among Sequels
“It's simple. If you go to see 'Saturday Night Fever' expecting it to be good, it's a corker. However, if you go expecting it to be a crock of shit, it's that, too. Thus 'Saturday Night Fever' can exist in two mutually opposing states at the very same time, yet only by the weight of our expectations. From this principle we can deduce that any opposing states can be governed by human expectation - even, as in the case of retro-deficit-engineering, the present use of a future technology."
"I think I understand that. Does it work with any John Travolta movie?"
"Only the artistically ambiguous ones such as 'Pulp Fiction' or 'Face/Off.' 'Battlefield Earth' doesn't work, because it's a stinker no matter how much you think you're going to like it, and 'Get Shorty' doesn't work either, because you'd be hard-pressed not to enjoy it, irrespective of any preconceived notions.”
― Jasper Fforde, quote from First Among Sequels
“Humans like stories. Humans need stories. Stories are good. Stories work. Story clarifies and captures the essence of the human spirit. Story, in all its forms—of life, of love, of knowledge—has traced the upward surge of mankind. And story, you mark my words, will be with the last human to draw breath.”
― Jasper Fforde, quote from First Among Sequels
“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.”
― Jasper Fforde, quote from First Among Sequels
“There are a lot of idiots in this country, and they deserve representation as much as the next man.”
― Jasper Fforde, quote from First Among Sequels
“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, quote from First Among Sequels
“If you even think about asking Harry Potter for an autograph, your day ends right now.”
― Jasper Fforde, quote from First Among Sequels
“If it takes us 10 years to get into the shit, it will take us 20 to get out.
And the journey starts NOW.”
― Jasper Fforde, quote from First Among Sequels
“Thursday, you mean everything to me. Not just because you're cute, smart, funny and have a devastatingly good figure and boobs to die for, but that you do right for right's sake - it's what you are and what you do. Even if I never get my magnum opus published, I will still die secure in the knowledge that my time on this planet was well-spent - giving support, love and security to someone who actually makes a difference.”
― Jasper Fforde, quote from First Among Sequels
“Keep people reading books, Mum; it helps to reinforce and strengthen the indefinable moments that anchor us in the here and now. Strive for the long now.”
― Jasper Fforde, quote from First Among Sequels
“You are the best, most loving, supportive family anyone could ever have," I said through my sobs. "I'm so sorry if I'm a burden."
They all told me not to be so bloody silly, I told them not to swear, and Landen gave me a handkerchief for my tears.”
― Jasper Fforde, quote from First Among Sequels
“extraordinary; I could almost see the Cambrian Mountains”
― Jasper Fforde, quote from First Among Sequels
“Sometimes living in the BookWorld is like living in Legoland.”
― Jasper Fforde, quote from First Among Sequels
“Well, that's it." I said after we had waited for another five minutes and found ourselves still in a state of pleasantly welcome existence. "The ChronoGuard has shut itself down and time travel is as it should be: technically, logically, and theoretically...impossible." "Good thing, too," reply Landon. "It always made my head ache. In fact, I was thinking of doing self help book for science-fiction novelists eager to write about time travel. It would consist of a single word: Don't.”
― Jasper Fforde, quote from First Among Sequels
“We have it on good authority that they might disguise it as a double entendre in a bedroom farce and deliver it up the rear entrance at Comedy.”
― Jasper Fforde, quote from First Among Sequels
“She was the sort of parent you would want to have living close by, but only on the grounds that she would then never come to stay. I loved her dearly, but in small doses.”
― Jasper Fforde, quote from First Among Sequels
“На самом деле я подумывал написать самоучитель для фантастов, собирающихся писать о путешествиях во времени. Он состоял бы из двух слов: «Не надо».”
― Jasper Fforde, quote from First Among Sequels
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“AND SO THERE must be in life something like a catastrophic turning point, when the world as we know it ceases to exist. A moment that transforms us into a different person from one heartbeat to the next.”
― Jan-Philipp Sendker, quote from The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
“I put my faith into stones", he smiled at me across the table. "They do not rot, and they do not lose their value. They are light to carry and easy to keep close." He patted his pocket. "They will never let you down.”
― Celia Rees, quote from Pirates!
“But he could not call the doctors at the leprosarium. They would return him to Louisiana. They would treat him and train him and counsel him. They would put him back into life as if his illness were all that mattered, as if wisdom were only skin deep, as if grief and remorse and horror were nothing but illusions, tricks done with mirrors, irrelevant to chrome and porcelain and clean, white, stiff hospital sheets and fluorescent lights.”
― Stephen R. Donaldson, quote from The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever
“Spirit. And it will be that love,”
― Francine Rivers, quote from As Sure as the Dawn
“Try to roll with the punches. Keep your chin up. Don’t take any wooden nickels. Vote Democrat in every election. Ride your bike in the park. Dream about my perfect, golden body. Take your vitamins. Drink eight glasses of water a day. Pull for the Mets. Watch a lot of movies. Don’t work too hard at your job. Take a trip to Paris with me. Come to the hospital when Rachel has her baby and hold my grandchild in your arms. Brush your teeth after every meal. Don’t cross the street on a red light. Defend the little guy. Stick up for yourself. Remember how beautiful you are. Remember how much I love you. Drink one Scotch on the rocks every day. Breathe deeply. Keep your eyes open. Stay away from fatty foods. Sleep the sleep of the just. Remember how much I love you.”
― Paul Auster, quote from The Brooklyn Follies
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