“I remember a time when bookshops smelled of books and not coffee.” — David Llewellyn Copy Share Image
A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“CUSTOMER: If I were to, say... meet the love of my life in this bookshop, what section do you think they would be… — Jen Campbell Copy Share Image
The Bookshop has a thousand books, All colors, hues, and tinges, And every cover is a door That turns on magic hinges. — Nancy Byrd Turner Copy Share Image
His hands were weak and shaking from carrying far too many books from the bookshop. It was the best feeling. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
A bookshop is powder-magazine, a dynamite-shed, a drugstore of poisons, a bar of intoxicants, a den of opiates, an island of sirens. — John Cowper Powys Copy Share Image
“Lord, deliver us from what we already knew we wanted . Give us some new desires, the weirder the better.” — Mark Forsyth Copy Share Image
Bibliotropic," Hugh said. "Like sunflowers are heliotropic, they naturally turn towards the sun. We naturally turn towards the bookshop. — Jo Walton Copy Share Image
When my first novel was published, I went in great excitement round bookshops in central London to see if they had stocked… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
I have this fantasy. I'm walking past a bookshop and I click my fingers and all my books go blank. So I… — John Banville Copy Share Image
I travel a lot, so when I arrive in a city, I like to go to good local bookshops and make a… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
What's important to me is that all of my books are in print - and, in a way, that becomes the challenge,… — William Boyd Copy Share Image
Oscar Wilde always makes me smile - with respect and admiration. His short stories prove that it is possible to be both… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“A country whose citizens do not read is already late because "reading" is just the first step to wisdom acquisition. Application of… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I am a regular, if not exactly enthusiastic, patron of my local bookshop. I try to buy at least some books there… — Will Self Copy Share Image
All around us right now, tucked into the valleys and along the coasts, bookshops glow in the winter light. Think of them… — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
My dream scenario would be that you could go into a bookshop, examine copies of every book in print that they're able… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
Libraries really are wonderful. They're better than bookshops, even. I mean bookshops make a profit on selling you books, but libraries just… — Jo Walton Copy Share Image
I believe in the magic of books. I believe that during certain periods in our lives we are drawn to particular books--whether… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
I can walk into a bookshop and point out a number of books that I find very unattractive in what they say.… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“From travelling booksellers and undercover bookshops, to pop-up stalls and community hubs, walking into a good bookshop is like walking into another… — Jen Campbell Copy Share Image
The true experimenters are there but no-one hears about them - the critical/review system tends to concentrate on the handful of 'major'… — John Scott Copy Share Image
“Most people go in bookshops and have no idea what they want to buy. Somehow, the books sit there, almost magically willing… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Corporations that are turning over these huge profits can own everything: the media, the universities, the mines, the weapons industry, insurance hospitals,… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
A sign of the times: there are no longer any chairs in the bookshops along the embankments. [Noël] France was the last… — Jules de Goncourt Copy Share Image
“What exactly is it you'd like to know? [the book store manager asked]. He had an odd expression, like he was asking… — Jennifer McMahon Copy Share Image
“But what were even gold and silver, precious stones and clockwork, to the bookshops, whence a pleasant smell of paper freshly pressed… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
There's a long-standing (50 year old) flame war within the field over whether it's "sci-fi" or "SF".SF has traditionally been looked down… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
I am very happy in second-hand bookshops; would a gardener not be happy in a garden? — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“A writer’s primary goal is to make sense. The bookstore’s is to make cents.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“I spend some time every week in independent bookshops all over the country and what I see is inspiring!” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I like to browse in occult bookshops if for no other reason than to refresh my commitment to science. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Books are easy to find and easy to buy. A paperback these days only costs six or seven dollars. You can borrow… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
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