# Quote — Jasper Fforde, Lost in a Good Book

> “Well,” he said thoughtfully, “it is my considered opinion that most coincidences are simply quirks of chance—if you extrapolate the bell curve of probability you will find statistical abnormalities that seem unusual but are, in actual fact, quite likely, given the amount of people on the planet and the amount of different things we do in our lives.”

- 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: 87
- 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/well-he-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)