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title: "2 Flyleaves Notes Quotes By Helene Hanff"
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> [I love inscriptions on flyleaves and notes in margins, I like the comradely sense of turning pages someone else turned, and reading passages someone long gone has called my attention to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helene-hanff/i-love-inscriptions-on-flyleaves-and-notes-in-margins-i-like-the/)

[Helene Hanff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helene-hanff/)

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> [I wish you hadn't been so over-courteous about putting the inscription on a card instead of on the flyleaf. It's the bookseller coming out in you all, you were afraid you'd decrease its value. You would have increased it for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helene-hanff/i-wish-you-hadn-t-been-so-over-courteous-about-putting-the/)

[Helene Hanff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helene-hanff/)

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## More by Helene Hanff

> [“Somewhere along the way I came upon a mews with a small sign on the entrance gate addressed to the passing world. The sign…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helene-hanff/somewhere-along-the-way-i-came-upon-a-mews-with-a-small-sign-on-the/)

[Helene Hanff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helene-hanff/)

> [My problem is that while other people are reading fifty books I'm reading one book fifty times. I only stop when at the bottom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helene-hanff/my-problem-is-that-while-other-people-are-reading-fifty-books-i-m/)

[Helene Hanff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helene-hanff/)

> [I do love secondhand books that open to the page some previous owner read oftenest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helene-hanff/i-do-love-secondhand-books-that-open-to-the-page-some-previous-owner/)

[Helene Hanff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helene-hanff/)

> [“I houseclean my books every spring and throw out those I'm never going to read again like I throw out clothes I'm never going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helene-hanff/i-houseclean-my-books-every-spring-and-throw-out-those-i-m-never/)

[Helene Hanff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helene-hanff/)

> [It's against my principles to buy a book I haven't read, it's like buying a dress you haven't tried on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helene-hanff/it-s-against-my-principles-to-buy-a-book-i-haven-t-read-it-s-like/)

[Helene Hanff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helene-hanff/)

> [I love inscriptions on flyleaves and notes in margins, I like the comradely sense of turning pages someone else turned, and reading passages someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helene-hanff/i-love-inscriptions-on-flyleaves-and-notes-in-margins-i-like-the/)

[Helene Hanff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helene-hanff/)

> [I wish you hadn't been so over-courteous about putting the inscription on a card instead of on the flyleaf. It's the bookseller coming out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helene-hanff/i-wish-you-hadn-t-been-so-over-courteous-about-putting-the/)

[Helene Hanff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helene-hanff/)

> [I have these guilts about never having read Chaucer but I was talked out of learning Early Anglo-Saxon / Middle English by a friend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helene-hanff/i-have-these-guilts-about-never-having-read-chaucer-but-i-was-talked/)

[Helene Hanff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helene-hanff/)

> [I personally can't think of anything less sacrosanct than a bad book or even a mediocre book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helene-hanff/i-personally-can-t-think-of-anything-less-sacrosanct-than-a-bad-book/)

[Helene Hanff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helene-hanff/)

> [What fortune teller would ever have had the nerve to predict that the best years of my life would turn out to be my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helene-hanff/what-fortune-teller-would-ever-have-had-the-nerve-to-predict-that-the/)

[Helene Hanff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helene-hanff/)

> [“Please write and tell me about London, I live for the day when I step off the boat-train and feel its dirty sidewalks under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helene-hanff/please-write-and-tell-me-about-london-i-live-for-the-day-when-i-step/)

[Helene Hanff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helene-hanff/)

> [I despair of ever getting it through anybody's head I am not interested in bookshops, I am interested in what's written in the books.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helene-hanff/i-despair-of-ever-getting-it-through-anybody-s-head-i-am-not/)

[Helene Hanff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helene-hanff/)

> [I liked reading about the nun who ate so dainty with her fingers she never dripped any grease on herself. I've never been able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helene-hanff/i-liked-reading-about-the-nun-who-ate-so-dainty-with-her-fingers-she/)

[Helene Hanff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helene-hanff/)

> [If you happen to pass by 84 Charing Cross Road, kiss it for me? I owe it so much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helene-hanff/if-you-happen-to-pass-by-84-charing-cross-road-kiss-it-for-me-i-owe/)

[Helene Hanff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helene-hanff/)

> [Talent is the infinite capacity for taking pains. Genius is the infinite capacity for achievement without taking any pains at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helene-hanff/talent-is-the-infinite-capacity-for-taking-pains-genius-is-the/)

[Helene Hanff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helene-hanff/)

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