Wisdom Quote by Jasper Fforde — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

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

“I would so hate to be a first-person character! Always on your guard, always having people read your thoughts!”

“I shouldn't believe anything I say, if I were you-and that includes what I just told you.”

“Death doesn't care about personalities - he's more interested in meeting quotas.”

“For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert.”

“She wasn't the only one to be physically morphed by reader expectation. Miss Havisham was now elderly whether she liked it or not, and Sherlock Holmes wore a deerstalker and smoked a ridiculously large pipe. The problem wasn't just confined to the classics. Harry Potter was seriously pissed off that he'd have to spend the rest of life looking like Daniel Radcliffe.”

“THREE BASIC TRUTHS”

“You always know the truth, because when you cut yourself or someone else with it, there’s always a bloody show.”

“We often think of passion as optional — something we fit in after duty is done, or something reserved for the lucky few. But passion is not optional. It is essential. It is the doorway into wisdom, creativity, connection, and the most resourceful and inspired version of ourselves.”

“Art is anything you can imagine in heaven. Science is everything you may need in hell.”

“Check Your Heart”

“Probably the wisest words that were ever uttered to me. Came from a therapist. I was sitting in her office, crying my eyes out. . . and she said, "So let me get this straight. You base your personal happiness on things entirely out of your control.”