“And when I think there are people around me who complain they can't find anything good to read. What nonsense ... every month you and I discover a masterpiece.” — Laurence Cossé Copy Share Image
“We want books that are written for those of us who doubt everything, who cry over the least little thing, who are startled by… — Laurence Cossé Copy Share Image
“Van, The Good Novel will not be an ordinary bookstore. That's our challenge. Our customers won't be ordinary customers. The people we'll see in… — Laurence Cossé Copy Share Image
“In previous years, they might have spent hours in the cellar, on their feet, never seeing the time go by nor feeling their legs,… — Laurence Cossé Copy Share Image
“Her strength, she would tell Van much later on, was nothing more nor less than the hope of, at last, attaining that goal which… — Laurence Cossé Copy Share Image
“We want splendid books ... books that prove to us that love is at work in the world next to evil, right up against… — Laurence Cossé Copy Share Image
“There is nothing more difficult to master than repetition. If you do it badly, it's clumsy, stupid. When it's well done, it's like a… — Laurence Cossé Copy Share Image
“I had plenty of time,' he said, telling himself that was one of the saddest sentences there is.” — Laurence Cossé Copy Share Image
“He had no more imaginary space, nowhere he could escape to, no more expectations, all he could do was make himself available to the… — Laurence Cossé Copy Share Image
“You have just confirmed to me that one of the most fortunate purposes of literature is to bring like-minded people together and get them… — Laurence Cossé Copy Share Image
“We have no time to waste on insignificant books, hollow books, books that are there to please... We want books that cost their authors… — Laurence Cossé Copy Share Image
“Literature is a source of pleasure, he said, it is one of the rare inexhaustible joys in life, but it's not only that. It… — Laurence Cossé Copy Share Image
