Lost in a Good Book (Thursday Next, #2)

by Jasper Fforde

‘There will be a slight delay in receiving the excuse for the lateness of the DeepDrop to Sydney, Miss Next. The reason for the delay in the excuse has yet to be established.’

‘I . . . I . . . didn’t know I could do this.’ ‘What you mean is that you did know that you couldn’t – it’s quite a different thing.

Listen, your memory may grow fuzzy, but I’ll still be here, the good times—’ ‘But I don’t want just the good times, Land. I want all the times. The shitty ones, the arguments, that annoying habit you had of always trying to make the next filling station and running out of petrol. Picking your nose, farting in bed. But more than that, I want the times that haven’t happened yet – the future. Our future! I

‘I’m very happy for you,’ said Joffy. ‘You’ve completely lost your mind, but I’m very happy for you.’

I was glad to see that I had only witnessed Dad’s death and not the end of his life – as the two, I learned, are barely related at all.