For myself, I favored the abstract. I collected not just obsolete terms and words, but ideas.
– Jasper Fforde
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- In fact, the room was so quiet you might have heard a drop of paint splash. – Jasper Fforde
- Keep your head down, Edward. Those that see too much quickly find themselves seeing nothing at all. – Jasper Fforde
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