# The Eyre Affair

- Author: [Jasper Fforde](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jasper-fforde.md)
- Quotes: 8
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jasper-fforde/the-eyre-affair

## Quotes

> Don’t ever call me mad, Mycroft. I’m not mad. I’m just...well, differently moraled, that’s all.

p. 157 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jasper-fforde/the-eyre-affair/dont-ever-call.md)

> “It was a coincidence.”
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> “I don’t believe in coincidences.”
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> “Neither do I. That’s a coincidence, isn’t it?”

p. 82 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jasper-fforde/the-eyre-affair/it-was-a-coincidence.md)

> Like any other big government department, it looks good on paper but is an utter shambles. Petty infighting and political agendas, arrogance and sheer bloody-mindedness almost guarantees that the left hand doesn’t know what the right is doing.

p. 18 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jasper-fforde/the-eyre-affair/like-any-other.md)

> You’ve got a face longer than a Dickens novel.

p. 371 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jasper-fforde/the-eyre-affair/youve-got-a-face.md)

> “James Crometty!” demanded Bowden. “Did you kill him?”
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> “I kill a lot of people,” whispered Felix7. “I don’t remember names.”
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> “You shot him six times in the face.”
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> The dying killer smiled.
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> “That I remember.”
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> “Six times! Why?”
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> Felix7 frowned and started to shiver.
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> “Six was all I had,” he answered simply.

p. 166 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jasper-fforde/the-eyre-affair/james-crometty-demanded.md)

> The industrial age had only just begun; the planet had reached its Best Before date.

p. 318 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jasper-fforde/the-eyre-affair/the-industrial-age.md)

> “Haven’t I seen your face somewhere else?”
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> “No, it’s always been right here on the front of my head.”

p. 248 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jasper-fforde/the-eyre-affair/havent-i-seen.md)

> “It’s easy. A lobotomized monkey could do it.”
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> “And where are we going to find a lobotomized monkey at this time of night?”

p. 275 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jasper-fforde/the-eyre-affair/its-easy-a-lobotomized.md)