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

“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.”

“Dead. Never been that before. Not even once.”

“Don't ever call me mad, Mycroft. I'm not mad. I'm just ... well,”

“Literary detection and firearms don't really go hand in hand; pen mighter than the sword and so forth.”

“If it weren't for greed, intolerance, hate, passion and murder, you would have no works of art, no great buildings, no medical science, no Mozart, no Van Gogh, no Muppets and no Louis Armstrong.”

“Okay, this is the wisdom. First, time spent on reconnaissanse 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.”

“If you can kill it, or it can kill you, it's real.”

“For to fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise without really being wise, for it is to think that we know what we do not know. For no one knows whether death may not be the greatest good that can happen to man.”

“When the first living thing existed, I was there waiting. When the last living thing dies, my job will be finished. I'll put the chairs on the tables, turn out the lights and lock the universe behind me when I leave.”

“You can still be cool when you’re dead. In fact, it’s much easier, because you aren’t getting old and fat and losing your hair.”

“Too much of water hast thou poor Ophelia, and therefore I forbid my tears.”

“Yes, it's a well-known fact about you: you're like death, you take everything.”