# Quote — Jasper Fforde, The Woman Who Died a Lot

> Everything comes to an end. A good bottle of wine, a summer’s day, a long-running sitcom, one’s life, and eventually our species. The question for many of us is not that everything will come to an end but when. And can we do anything vaguely useful until it does?

- Author: [Jasper Fforde](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jasper-fforde.md)
- Book: [The Woman Who Died a Lot](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jasper-fforde/the-woman-who-died-a-lot.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jasper-fforde/the-woman-who-died-a-lot/everything-comes-to-an-end

## More from this book

> “Think of it this way: A single brain cell has no intelligence, but in company it can do extraordinary things. Perhaps the entirety of existence is the true, unifying intelligence that drives what occurs—for a reason that is quite beyond our understanding, or even to a higher plane where the concept of understanding is laughably redundant.”
>
> It was an interesting concept. Mycroft had often theorized that the whole of existence was so large and hideously complex that it must be sentient. And if this were so, then it must have a truly warped sense of humor and have an abiding love of math and hydrogen—and a deep loathing for order.

p. 298 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jasper-fforde/the-woman-who-died-a-lot/think-of-it-this.md)

> Having to mix with dimwits is hideously boring. Great-Uncle Mycroft put it best when he said that for a genius this planet is excruciatingly dull, only made briefly more illuminating when another genius happens along.

p. 60 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jasper-fforde/the-woman-who-died-a-lot/having-to-mix.md)

> Sadly, a lifetime in law enforcement tends not to create a bunch of grateful villains happy that you have shown them the error of their ways, but rather a lot of disgruntled ne’er-do-wells eager for payback.

p. 9 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jasper-fforde/the-woman-who-died-a-lot/sadly-a-lifetime.md)