That’s bureaucracy for you. Never follow a straight line wh… - Tom Holt

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That’s bureaucracy for you. Never follow a straight line when a spiral will get you there eventually.

Tom Holt

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Thomas Charles Louis Holt (born September 13, 1961) is an author of parodic mythopoeic fiction. He is the son of novelist Hazel Holt. Steve Nallon collaborated with Holt to write I, Margaret, an unauthorized biography of Margaret Thatcher published in 1989. He also writes fantasy under the pseudonym K. J. Parker.

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Alternative Names: Thomas Charles Louis Holt • K. J. Parker • K.J. Parker

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But the unforeseen consequences—"
"What consequences?"
"I don't know, I can't foresee them.

'Doesn't worry me,' Jane replied, I'm an accountant.

That’s bureaucracy for you. Never follow a straight line when a spiral will get you there eventually. - Tom Holt

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