Booksellers Quotes

31 quotes by 30 authors

Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to. — Alain de Botton
I maintain an ongoing survey of Internet Publishing and self publishing, so that it is now possible for any writer with a book to get… — Piers Anthony
Millions of people are provided with their thoughts as with their clothes; authors, printers, booksellers, and newsmen stand, in relation to their minds, simply as… — George Augustus Henry Sala
There is no part of the country where in the summer you cannot get a sufficient supply of the best specimens. Teach your children to… — Louis Agassiz
For I bless God in the libraries of the learned and for all the booksellers in the world. — Christopher Smart
There are three difficulties in authorship;-to write any thing worth the publishing-to find honest men to publish it -and to get sensible men to read… — Charles Caleb Colton
A man's bookseller should keep his confidence, like his physician. What can become of a world where every man knows what another man reads? Why,… — P.B. Kerr
The connection between authors, printers, and booksellers must be kept up. — James Boswell
A sign of the times: there are no longer any chairs in the bookshops along the embankments. [NoÃ«l] France was the last bookseller who provided… — Jules de Goncourt
Your second-hand bookseller is second to none in the worth of the treasures he dispenses. — Leigh Hunt
The probability of finding a particular book increases in relation to the clarity of the store's focus, the diligence and shrewdness of the bookseller, and… — Gabriel Zaid
Some of you...have never read a Patrick O'Brian novel. I beseech you to start now. Start with Master and Commander, which should be available in… — Kevin Myers
You cannot invent an algorithm that is as good at recommending books as a good bookseller. — John Green
I always ask the booksellers to look at me and recommend a book; 9 out of 10, they get it right; itâ€™s usually a book… — Ruby Wax
You cannot invent an algorithm that is as good at recommending books as a good bookseller, and that's the secret weapon of the bookstore -… — John Green
Old or new, the only sign I always try to rid my books of (usually with little success) is the price-sticker that malignant booksellers attach… — Alberto Manguel
I've mis-signed many a book Rollins or Clemens. My readers quickly become aware. Booksellers will often promote me under both names, and I do plug… — James Rollins
The women in my life have all been librarians, English teachers, or booksellers. If they couldn't speak pidgin Tolstoy, articulate Henry James, or give me… — Ray Bradbury
Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets' being second-rate. — Horace
Being a writer can be isolating. It's good to be among readers and booksellers. — Lev Grossman

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