Red Side Story (Shades of Grey #2)

by Jasper Fforde

Little wonder curiosity was so frowned upon. A frightened population, Jane told me, was a compliant one.

“If there is any way at all I can assist in this effort, please keep it to yourself.”

But the point is, knowing stuff doesn’t change your life—and if it does, then that’s proof it was better off not knowing. I’d rather to be a happy fool than a dead expert.”

“Endless repetition doesn’t make wrong things right,” I said, “and I’m not convinced knowing stuff necessarily leads to social fracture.”