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The safest course was actually the simplest—do nothing at all and hope everything turned out for the best. It wasn’t a great plan, but it had the benefits of simplicity and a long tradition.

— Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde (Shades of Grey, #1) (62%)

The Jane/Colorman whom-do-I-tell-on-whom question had not resolved itself.

— Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde (Shades of Grey, #1) (62%)

Because Munsell had attempted to make the world knowable for everyone by simply reducing the number of facts, there wasn’t that much to teach.

— Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde (Shades of Grey, #1) (52%)

Tommo nudged me, and I remembered that she and I were due to be married—according to Tommo’s fantasy marriage league, anyway.

— Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde (Shades of Grey, #1) (44%)

the known had been so long dwarfed by the unknown that confusion was an easy bedfellow

— Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde (Shades of Grey, #1) (Page 158)

diving head first into the endorphin soup

— Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde (Shades of Grey, #1) (Page 113)

Of the twenty-six permitted modes of dress for girls, it was the one that spent the least time in fashion.

— Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde (Shades of Grey, #1) (Page 42)

The door was knocked on and opened in one movement.

— Going Postal by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #33) (45%)

Dotted about the grass lawn within were small plaques upon which were chalked the names of the recently departed, inscribed there for perpetuity or the next rainstorm, whichever was sooner.

— Red Side Story by Jasper Fforde (Shades of Grey, #2) (Page 189)

Dorothy had a smaller version of herself labelled Jane.

— Red Side Story by Jasper Fforde (Shades of Grey, #2) (Page 156)

there‘s a lot of Somewhere Else for them to be from

— Red Side Story by Jasper Fforde (Shades of Grey, #2) (Page 152)

‘Why, would it help our relationship if I told you I loved you?’ ‘Not so much now you’ve diluted it with a preamble.’

— Red Side Story by Jasper Fforde (Shades of Grey, #2) (Page 147)

Jane, it should be noted, had limited control of Perpetulite through a bronze bob she wore around her neck.

— Red Side Story by Jasper Fforde (Shades of Grey, #2) (Page 125)