“Why didn’t he say so directly?” asked Sprockett, not unreasonably. “This is Fiction,” I explained. “The… — Jasper Fforde
“Why didn’t he say so directly?” asked Sprockett, not unreasonably.
“This is Fiction,” I explained. “The exigency of drama requires events to be clouded in ambiguity.”
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