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81 " I would sooner stick needles in my eyes. And why are you holding on to your eyebrows? "
― Jasper Fforde , Shades of Grey (Shades of Grey, #1)
82 " That 'gleeful darting of the house martins' stuff sounds suspiciously like the work of Jade-under-Lime's resident verse mercenary, Gerald Henna-Rose. "
83 " Constance sent me a reply,' I said. 'Your poem went down really well.' 'That's a huge weight off my shoulders, Red. I hardly slept a wink last night worrying whether you two would fins the unhappiness you deserve. "
84 " The safest course was actually the simplest – do nothing at all, and hope everything turns out for the best. It wasn’t a great plan, but it had the benefit of simplicity, and a long tradition. "
85 " Never underestimate the capacity for romance, no matter what the circumstance. "
86 " The color painted within the Green Room was known as "sweetdream" and would render you unconscious in twelve minutes and dead in sixteen, but during those twelve minutes every synapse in your brain would fire in a sparkling fountain of pleasure. The cries from the Green Room were never of pain or fear. They were of ecstasy. "
87 " ... death was just a natural part of the cycle of renewal, and that life should be seen not as a two-hundred-hard hurdle with a tape to reach before anyone else, but more like a relay race without end, and only one team. "
88 " Okay, this is the wisdom: First, time spent on reconnaissance 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. "
89 " 6.6.19.61.247: Vulgar mispronunciations of everyday words will not be tolerated. "
90 " The safest course was actually the simplest—do nothing at all and hope everything turned out for the best. It wasn’t a great plan, but it had the benefits of simplicity and a long tradition. "
91 " >Aber als ich mich beruhigt hatte, ist mir klar geworden, dass diese Welt, so verdorben und unvollkommen sie ist, schöner wäre, wenn du in ihr bliebest.< "