--- title: "3 Clerks Quotes By Robin Sloan" description: "3 Clerks quotes by Robin Sloan. Plus more from Robin Sloan and more Clerks sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d72/robin-sloan-1513_book_a-clerk-and-a-ladder-and-warm-golden-lig_719730.png" --- > [A clerk and a ladder and warm golden light, and then: the right book exactly, at exactly the right time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-sloan/a-clerk-and-a-ladder-and-warm-golden-light-and-then-the-right-book/) [Robin Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-sloan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d72/robin-sloan-1513_book_a-clerk-and-a-ladder-and-warm-golden-lig_719730.png) > [“This job has three requirements, each very strict. Do not agree to them lightly. Clerks in this store have followed these rules…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-sloan/this-job-has-three-requirements-each-very-strict-do-not-agree-to-them/) [Robin Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-sloan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65c/robin-sloan-1513_books_this-job-has-three-requirements-each-ver_2082522.png) > [After that, the book will fade, the way all books fade in your mind. But I hope you will remember this: A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-sloan/after-that-the-book-will-fade-the-way-all-books-fade-in-your-mind-but-2/) [Robin Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-sloan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9a/robin-sloan-1513_bells_after-that-the-book-will-fade-the-way-al_3191022.png) ## More by Robin Sloan > [“But it will make mistakes," she says. "Hadoop will probably get us from a hundred thousand buildings down to, like, five thousand." "So we're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-sloan/but-it-will-make-mistakes-she-says-hadoop-will-probably-get-us-from-a/) [Robin Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-sloan/) > [You can go as far back as fifth grade, and you will find me tinkering with media and computers, making things that are a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-sloan/you-can-go-as-far-back-as-fifth-grade-and-you-will-find-me-tinkering/) [Robin Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-sloan/) > [He has the strangest expression on his face- the emotional equivalent of 404 PAGE NOT FOUND.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-sloan/he-has-the-strangest-expression-on-his-face-the-emotional-equivalent/) [Robin Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-sloan/) > [“Baking, by contrast, was solving the same problem over and over again, because every time, the solution was consumed. I mean, really: chewed and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-sloan/baking-by-contrast-was-solving-the-same-problem-over-and-over-again/) [Robin Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-sloan/) > [“I tell him, and I write it down as I go. It makes me feel better, as if the weirdness is flowing out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-sloan/i-tell-him-and-i-write-it-down-as-i-go-it-makes-me-feel-better-as-if/) [Robin Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-sloan/) > [There's just no escaping it: The half-life of media on the Internet is super short. Tweets flow and fade; pages that look great today…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-sloan/there-s-just-no-escaping-it-the-half-life-of-media-on-the-internet-is/) [Robin Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-sloan/) > [Imagination runs out. But it makes sense, right? We probably just imagine things based on what we already know, and we run out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-sloan/imagination-runs-out-but-it-makes-sense-right-we-probably-just/) [Robin Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-sloan/) > [“My limbic system has grown accustomed to a certain (very low) level of human (female) contact. With her standing right next to me, her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-sloan/my-limbic-system-has-grown-accustomed-to-a-certain-very-low-level-of/) [Robin Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-sloan/) > [“The shelves were packed close together, and it felt like I was standing at the border of a forest--not a friendly Californian forest, either,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-sloan/the-shelves-were-packed-close-together-and-it-felt-like-i-was/) [Robin Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-sloan/) > [“How was New York?' Ashley asks politely. I'm not sure how to respond. Something like: Well, the mustachioed master of the secret library is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-sloan/how-was-new-york-ashley-asks-politely-i-m-not-sure-how-to-respond/) [Robin Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-sloan/) > [We range widely, we readers of fiction, but I think we all need a home. Mine is science fiction. It's my home shelf, my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-sloan/we-range-widely-we-readers-of-fiction-but-i-think-we-all-need-a-home/) [Robin Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-sloan/) > [“Neel cuts in: "Where'd you grow up?" "Palo Alto," she says. From there to Stanford to Google: for a girl obsessed with the outer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-sloan/neel-cuts-in-where-d-you-grow-up-palo-alto-she-says-from-there-to/) [Robin Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-sloan/) > [Doing research for 'Penumbra,' I read quite a bit about the early history of printing, and the more I did, the more it sounded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-sloan/doing-research-for-penumbra-i-read-quite-a-bit-about-the-early/) [Robin Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-sloan/) > [“History hinges on such small things. A difference of thirty degrees, and this story would end here.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-sloan/history-hinges-on-such-small-things-a-difference-of-thirty-degrees/) [Robin Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-sloan/) > [“It is very quiet. I set my chin into my palm and count my friends and wonder what else is hiding in plain sight.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-sloan/it-is-very-quiet-i-set-my-chin-into-my-palm-and-count-my-friends-and/) [Robin Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-sloan/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clerks/robin-sloan/#itemlist", "name": "3 Clerks Quotes By Robin Sloan", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A clerk and a ladder and warm golden light, and then: the right book exactly, at exactly the right time.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robin Sloan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-sloan/a-clerk-and-a-ladder-and-warm-golden-light-and-then-the-right-book/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d72/robin-sloan-1513_book_a-clerk-and-a-ladder-and-warm-golden-lig_719730.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d72/robin-sloan-1513_book_a-clerk-and-a-ladder-and-warm-golden-lig_719730.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d72/robin-sloan-1513_book_a-clerk-and-a-ladder-and-warm-golden-lig_719730.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A clerk and a ladder and warm golden light, and then: the right book exactly, at exactly the right time.” — Robin Sloan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“This job has three requirements, each very strict. 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