“Third places are those needed spaces, neither home nor work, where we are known by our names and valued for being whatever we decide to be -- the clown, the intellectual, the quiet person. Being part of a family is… — Wendy Welch Copy Share
“Books are not just things, but dynamic artifacts, milestones showing where the road took a sudden turn on our individual journeys -- our very… — wendy welch Copy Share Image
“When the occasional customer tells us his or her dream of running a bookstore someday, we recognize our own naivete in that enthusiasm. They may have some inkling about long hours and low pay, but rarely do they know about the fires, the guerrilla bargainers, the bereavements, or the prisons. Neither did we - then. But we sure do now.… — Wendy Welch Copy Share
“Third places are those needed spaces, neither home nor work, where we are known by our names and valued for being whatever we decide to be -- the clown, the intellectual, the quiet person. Being part of a family is a wonderful thing, and I'm all for team-building at work, but having a place where you don't have to be… — Wendy Welch Copy Share
“Another lesson for bookshop owners: "Learn how to listen yet let it pass through you." Thanks to some therapist friends, I have finally acquired… — Wendy Welch Copy Share Image
“Anyone getting starry-eyed about owning a bookstore should ask herself a few questions: Can you lift a box weighing fifty pounds? Do you know… — Wendy Welch Copy Share Image
“The essential criterion for running a bookstore is less "Do you like books?" than "Do you like people?" Ironically, we find that having unlimited… — Wendy Welch Copy Share Image
“In case the term is unfamiliar, the best description ever for 'cozies' is 'murder mysteries where no one cares who got killed because they're… — Wendy Welch Copy Share Image
![“The essential criterion for running a bookstore is less "Do you like books?" than "Do you like people?" Ironically, we find that having unlimited access to more reading material than we ever could have imagined means we read less. Chuck and Dee Robinson own Village Books [...]He once said in an…” quote by Wendy Welch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/69b/wendy-welch-47358_book_the-essential-criterion-for-running-a-bo_2862836.jpg)
