Jasper Fforde Quotes

Love is a wonderful thing, my dear, but it leaves you wide open for blackmail.

Jasper Fforde

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• Love is a wonderful thing, my dear, but it leaves you wide open for blackmail.

  

  Jasper Fforde
  • Love Is
  • Blackmail
  • Wonderful Things