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My mom didn't write, but she loved to read. She liked books 'that made you a little nervous.' Stephen King, Dean Koontz and Peter Straub… — Michael Easton
The books housed in one's first adult bookshelf are the geological bed of who we wish to become — Sheridan Hay
I would stay at my grandma's house on my birthday every year and I remember she had a bookshelf of murder mystery books along with… — Christopher Bollen
The delicate muses lose their head if their attention is once diverted. Perhaps if you were successful abroad in talking and dealing with men, you… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
When I was 7, my proudest possession would have been my bookshelf 'cause I had alphabetized all of the books on my bookshelf. — Neil Gaiman
By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid men's minds of him. — Desiderius Erasmus
I grew up in the 'hood around prostitutes, drug dealers, killers, and gangbangers, but I also grew up juxtaposed: On the doorknob outside of our… — Lupe Fiasco
People have libraries at home, they have bookshelves, they have CDs. And they sort of try, people try to bring great artists into their lives,… — Joyce Carol Oates
They will be given as gifts; books that are especially pretty or visual will be bought as hard copies; books that are collectible will continue… — Susan Orlean
I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough… — Anna Quindlen
I have on my bookshelf a series of books with opposite titles: 'The Alpha Strategy' and the 'Omega Strategy'; 'Asia Rising' and 'Asia Falling'; 'Free… — Mark Skousen
Love After Love The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror and each… — Derek Walcott
There weren't any curtains in the windows, and the books that didn't fit into the bookshelf lay piled on the floor like a bunch of… — Haruki Murakami
Ahenny (adj.) - The way people stand when examining other people's bookshelves. — Douglas Adams
Love After Love all your life, whom you have ignored for another, who knows you by heart. Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,… — Derek Walcott
I never understood people who don't have bookshelves. — George Plimpton
Richard's bookshelves weren't alphabetized. He never had time to alphabetize them. He was always too busy- looking for books he couldn't find. — Martin Amis
I was walking through the woods, thinking about Christ. If He was a carpenter, I wondered what He charged for bookshelves. — Woody Allen
As long as you have any floor space at all, you have room for books! Just make two stacks of books the same height, place… — Jan Karon
Sometimes I long for a convent cell, with the sublime wisdom of centuries set out on bookshelves all along the wall and a view across… — Etty Hillesum
I stretched out my hand towards the little bookshelf where I kept cookery and devotional books, the most comfortable bedside reading. — Barbara Pym
His eyes gravitated towards the wall-to-wall bookshelf at one end of the room. 'You folks like books, I see. — Regina Doman
We can see the film stars of yesterday in yesterday’s films, hear the voices of poest and singers on a record, keep the plays of… — Daphne du Maurier
There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in...We should be thankful we cannot see the horrors and… — Graham Greene
On more than one occasion David, in his urge to explore the darker corners of the bookshelves, had found himself wearing strands of spider silk… — John Connolly

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