"The very possibility of death focuses the mind wonderfully.










Those that see too much quickly find themselves seeing nothing at all.

More Jasper Fforde quotes
"Death, I had discovered long ago, was available in varying flavors, and none of them particularly palatable.
"Dead. Never been that before. Not even once.
"I don't need you to agree with me," she said quietly." I'll go away happy with a little bit of doubt. Doubt is good. It's an emotion we can build on. ...
"Curiosity is a descending stair…that leads to only who-knows-where.
"Keep your head down, Edward. Those that see too much quickly find themselves seeing nothing at all.
"Death doesn't care about personalities - he's more interested in meeting quotas.
"Though his death would not fill me with any sense of sadness, I would probably feel the loss. Even enemies are part of one.


