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> [I always thought the front line was the bookstores. And bookstores around America, around the world did astonishingly well. They held the line. They didn't chicken out. You know, they defended the book. They kept it in the front of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salman-rushdie/i-always-thought-the-front-line-was-the-bookstores-and-bookstores/)

[Salman Rushdie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salman-rushdie/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81f/salman-rushdie-153_america_i-always-thought-the-front-line-was-the_699832.jpg)

> [“Just keep her away from bookstores, if you can." Bookstores. Thanks, Grayson. That helps. Apparently whoever said, "no harm ever came from reading a book," hadn't met this girl.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jena-leigh/just-keep-her-away-from-bookstores-if-you-can-bookstores-thanks/)

[Jena Leigh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jena-leigh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3a/jena-leigh-32558_alex_just-keep-her-away-from-bookstores-if-yo_2913769.jpg)

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