# Quote — Jasper Fforde, Lost in a Good Book

> My father said it was a delightfully odd—and dangerously self-destructive—quirk of humans that we were far more interested in pointless trivia then in genuine news stories.

- Author: [Jasper Fforde](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jasper-fforde.md)
- Book: [Lost in a Good Book](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jasper-fforde/lost-in-a-good-book.md)
- Page: 141
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jasper_Fforde#Lost_in_a_Good_Book_(2002)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jasper-fforde/lost-in-a-good-book/my-father-said

## More from this book

> “He said you were very dangerous.”
>
> “No more dangerous than anyone else who dares to speak the truth.”

p. 60 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jasper-fforde/lost-in-a-good-book/he-said-you.md)

> Mr. McGregor’s a nasty piece of work, isn’t he? Quite the Darth Vader of children’s literature.

p. 139 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jasper-fforde/lost-in-a-good-book/mr-mcgregors-a-nasty.md)

> It wasn’t going to be hard—it was going to be impossible. It wouldn’t deter me. I’d done impossible things several times in the past, and the prospect didn’t scare me as much as it used to.

p. 124 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jasper-fforde/lost-in-a-good-book/it-wasnt-going.md)