Edward, Edward," he said with a patronizing smile, "there are no unanswered questions of any relevance. Every question that we need to ask has been answered fully. If you can't find the correct answer then you are obviously asking the wrong question.

— Jasper Fforde

Fiction wouldn't be much fun without its fair share of scoundrels, and they have to live somewhere.

— Jasper Fforde

For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert.

— Jasper Fforde

For myself, I favored the abstract. I collected not just obsolete terms and words, but ideas.

— Jasper Fforde

Funding for the Special Operations Network comes directly from the government. Most work is centralized, but all the Spec Ops divisions have local representatives to keep a watchful eye on any provincial problems. They are administered by local commanders, who liaise with the national offices for information exchange, guidance and policy decisions. Like any other big government department, it looks good on paper but is an utter shambles. Petty infighting and political agendas, arrogance and sheer bloody-mindedness almost guarantees that the left hand doesn't know what the right is doing.

— Jasper Fforde

Governments and fashions come and go, but Jane Eyre is for all time.

— Jasper Fforde

Have you ever wondered how nostalgia isn't what it used to be?

— Jasper Fforde

Her majesty is one verb short of a sentence.

— Jasper Fforde

History has rewritten itself so many times I'm not really sure how it was to begin with -- it's a bit like trying to guess the original color of a wall when it's been repainted eight times.

— Jasper Fforde

Honor is kind of what you get when you weaponize manners

— Jasper Fforde