That's the thing about destiny: It can't be predicted, and it's usually pretty odd.
Jasper FfordeTag: destiny
Don't get in a blue car on a Thursday.'
'Which Thursday?'
'Any Thursday.'
'What kind of car?'
'A blue one. On a Thursday.'
'Okay.
2.3.06.02.087: Unnecessary sharpening of pencils constitutes a waste of public resources, and will be punished as appropriate.
Jasper FfordeI wished I could share my own optimism.
Jasper FfordeEverything 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?
Jasper FfordeTag: death usefulness endings
If the real world were a book, it would never find a publisher. Overlong, detailed to the point of distraction-and ultimately, without a major resolution.
Jasper FfordeTag: validating
Cats aren't really friendly, they're just cozying up to the dominant life-form as a hedge against extinction.
Jasper FfordeSometimes choice is a luxury that fate does not afford us.
Jasper FfordeAs it says on the Tshirts:'I don't scare easily - I'm a librarian.', which was the polite version of the original:'Don't give me any of your shit - I'm a librarian.
Jasper FfordeTag: the-woman-who-died-a-lot a-thursday-next-novel
Do you really think you'd win a PR war against a bunch of committed librarians?' He thought about this, but he knew I was right. The libraries were a treasured institution and so central to everyday life that government and commerce rarely did anything that might upset them.Some say they were more powerful than the military, or, if not, they were certainly quieter. As they say: Don't mess with librarians.
Only they use a stronger word than 'mess'...
Tag: humour librarians
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