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title: "5 Bookstores Libraries Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [...bookstores, libraries... they're the closest thing I have to a church.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-c-hines/bookstores-libraries-they-re-the-closest-thing-i-have-to-a-church/)

[Jim C. Hines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-c-hines/)

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> [“He liked bookstores, and libraries too. They had a sacred, peaceful hush, like graveyards without the shadow of death.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-leigh/he-liked-bookstores-and-libraries-too-they-had-a-sacred-peaceful-hush/)

[Garrett Leigh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-leigh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1e/garrett-leigh-32744_books_he-liked-bookstores-and-libraries-too-th_1033872.jpg)

> [We're competing with everything: the beach, the mall, bookstores. Libraries are in a transition right now, caught between two forces, the old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-callahan/we-re-competing-with-everything-the-beach-the-mall-bookstores/)

[John Callahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-callahan/)

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> [“Browsing through the shelves in bookstores or libraries, I was completely happy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-l-amour/browsing-through-the-shelves-in-bookstores-or-libraries-i-was/)

[Louis L'Amour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-l-amour/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c45/louis-l-amour-876_books_browsing-through-the-shelves-in-bookstor_2396865.jpg)

> [“Even before I learned what I was, books were my escape from the world. This place . . . bookstores, libraries . . . they’re the closest thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-c-hines/even-before-i-learned-what-i-was-books-were-my-escape-from-the-world/)

[Jim C. Hines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-c-hines/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cc/jim-c-hines-9962_books_even-before-i-learned-what-i-was-books-w_2523956.jpg)

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