Anything devised by man has bureaucracy, corrpution and error hardwired at inception.

Jasper Fforde

Tag: mankind



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Strive for the Long Now

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Defiance through compliance.

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Don't let anyone tell you the future is already written. The best any prophet can do is to give you the most likely version of future events. It is up to us to accept the future for what it is, or change it. It is easy to go with the flow; it takes a person of singular courage to go against it.

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A good butler should save his employer's life at least once a day.

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What’s the opposite of déjà vu, when you see something that hasn’t happened yet?”

“I don’t know—avant verrais?

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For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert.

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Tag: philosophy



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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

Tag: thursday-next



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the Real-World was a sprawling mess of a book in need of a good editor.

Jasper Fforde

Tag: humor life reading books philosophy



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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.

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