“People are often dismissive of librarians and libraries - as if the words are synonymous with boredom or timidity. But isn't that where the best stories are kept? Hidden away on the library bookshelves, lost and forgotten, waiting, waiting, until… — Justine Picardie Copy Share Image
“People are often dismissive of librarians and libraries…But isn't that where the best stories are kept? Hidden away on the library bookshelves, lost and forgotten, waiting, waiting, until someone like me comes along, and wants to borrow them.” — Justine Picardie Copy Share Image
“... he said it felt like walking into another century, being there, looking up at the mullion windows, all darkened now, and the castellated… — Justine Picardie Copy Share Image
“People are often dismissive of librarians and libraries - as if the words are synonymous with boredom or timidity. But isn't that where the… — Justine Picardie Copy Share Image
“Saint Laurent has excellent taste. The more he copies me, the better taste he displays. - Coco Chanel” — Justine Picardie Copy Share Image
“As if you can measure literary excellence with precise instruments; as if there were a science of writing, governed by equations that reveal immutable… — Justine Picardie Copy Share Image
“And yes, I confess, when I looked at him, I thought of Heathcliff and Mr Rochester and Maxim de Winter... and how could I… — Justine Picardie Copy Share Image
“But I've wept so much,' she said to Delay. 'Now I don't cry any more. When you don't cry it's because you no longer… — Justine Picardie Copy Share Image
“People are often dismissive of librarians and libraries…But isn't that where the best stories are kept? Hidden away on the library bookshelves, lost and… — Justine Picardie Copy Share Image
“Smiling is not a duty, but a freedom. It's up to you now; you are liberated from the expectations and conformities of youth.” — Justine Picardie Copy Share Image
