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First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5) QUOTES

First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5) QUOTES

1 " Two minds with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one. "

― Jasper Fforde , First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5)

2 " 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 , First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5)

3 " Dead. Never been that before. Not even once. "

― Jasper Fforde , First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5)

4 " 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 , First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5)

5 " 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 , First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5)

6 " Yes, and imagine a world where there were no hypothetical situations. "

― Jasper Fforde , First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5)

7 " 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 , First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5)

8 " Death, I had discovered long ago, was available in varying flavors, and none of them particularly palatable. "

― Jasper Fforde , First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5)

9 " Have you ever wondered how nostalgia isn"t what it used to be? "

― Jasper Fforde , First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5)

10 " 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 , First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5)

11 " 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 , First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5)

12 " There are a lot of idiots in this country, and they deserve representation as much as the next man. "

― Jasper Fforde , First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5)

13 " If you even think about asking Harry Potter for an autograph, your day ends right now. "

― Jasper Fforde , First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5)

14 " 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 , First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5)

15 " Strive for the Long Now "

― Jasper Fforde , First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5)

16 " 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 , First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5)

17 " 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 , First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5)

18 " 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 , First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5)

19 " 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 , First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5)

20 " All your life you think the half century is death's adolescence, but actually it's really not that bad, as long as you can remember where you left your glasses. "

― Jasper Fforde , First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5)