Jasper Fforde, Shades of Grey
"For myself, I favored the abstract. I collected not just obsolete terms and words, but ideas."
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"For myself, I favored the abstract. I collected not just obsolete terms and words, but ideas."
Jasper Fforde, Shades of Grey
"She had large, questioning eyes that seemed to draw me in and a sense of quiet outrage that simmered just beneath the surface. More than anything, within her features, there was a streak of wild quirkiness that made her dazzlingly attractive."
Jasper Fforde, Shades of Grey
"…although her mouth uttered fond words, her eyes spoke only venom."
Jasper Fforde, Shades of Grey
"The sky was like ebony and the only illumination was the harsh white light of the central streetlamp, which cast shadows so hard it seemed you might cut yourself on them."
Jasper Fforde, Shades of Grey
"And we kissed again. It was a warm, indescribably lovely feeling. But it was more than just physical. It was a dialogue between two young people with high ideals and a Big Plan. It was about belonging, secrets, partnership, commitment."
Jasper Fforde, Shades of Grey
"Those that can be troubled to muse upon the meaning of life are general disappointed when they figure it out."
Jasper Fforde, Shades of Grey
"Chromatacia…society…ruled by a colortocracy…social hierarchy based upon one's limited color perception, society is dominated by color. In this world, you are what you can see."
Jasper Fforde, Shades of Grey
"The very possibility of death focuses the mind wonderfully."
Jasper Fforde, Shades of Grey
"Now and again. Good residency is about having the power to ask someone to do something, but not necessarily exercising it."
Jasper Fforde, Shades of Grey
"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."
Jasper Fforde, Shades of Grey
"Okay, this is the wisdom. First, time spent on reconnaissanse is never wasted. Second, almost anything can be improved with the addition of bacon. And finally, there is no problem on Earth that can't be ameliorated by a hot bath and a cup of tea."
Jasper Fforde, Shades of Grey
"I didn't set out to discover a truth. I was actually sent to the Outer Fringes to conduct a chair census and learn some humility. But the truth inevitably found me, as important truths often do, like a lost thought in need of a mind."
Jasper Fforde, Shades of Grey
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