Jasper FfordeBooks may look like nothing more than words on a page, but they are actually an infinitely complex imaginotransference technology that translates odd, inky squiggles into pictures inside your head.
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Books aren't just words, they're an infinite number of stories, passed down from generation to generation. The words on the page are just the tools to tell the story. The words can be molded into shapes and stories, but it's the pictures in your mind that the book really lives in.
Source: The Well Of Lost Plots
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