Bookstore Quotes

119 quotes by 107 authors

I was in Paris at an English-language bookstore. I picked up a volume of Dickinson's poetry. I came back to my hotel, read 2,000 of… — Gordon Getty
If I had a bookstore I would make all the mystery novels hard to find. — Demetri Martin
In turbulent times, in times of great change, people head for the two extremes: fundamentalism and personal, spiritual experience...With no membership lists or even a… — John Naisbitt
I like to give people novels I think they would like, on no particular occasion - just when we're in a bookstore together. I like… — Daniel Handler
I calmed myself by walking into my nearby bookstore and marveling at all the books other people had written. So many people had finished and… — Heidi Julavits
A place isn't a place until it has a bookstore. — Gabrielle Zevin
I absolutely fell in love with David Cristofanos writing. THE GIRL SHE USED TO BE is that rare novel--its the one youve been looking for… — Unknown Author
To walk into a modern-day bookstore is a little bit like studying a single photograph out of the infinite number of photographs that cold be… — Nicole Krauss
The first thing I do in any town I come to is ask if it has a bookstore. — Robert Frost
I see now that dismissing YA books because you're not a young adult is a little bit like refusing to watch thrillers on the grounds… — Nick Hornby
Poetry restores language by breaking it, and I think that much contemporary writing restores fantasy, as a genre of writing in contrast to a genre… — Michael Cisco
Here is a biblical and churchly spirituality so needed today as an alternative to the new age nostrums that crowd the mall bookstore shelves. — Gabriel Fackre
I love walking into a bookstore. It's like all my friends are sitting on shelves, waving their pages at me. — Tahereh Mafi
A young lady went into a bookstore and asked the clerk for Irving Stone's book, "Immoral Wife." The title is "Immortal Wife," the clerk replied.… — James Keller
In this time of the Internet and nonfiction, to be on an actual bookshelf in an actual bookstore is exciting in itself. — Chris Abani
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
For those who resist the notion that the mainstream is a genre, we recommend that they browse the shelves of their local bookstore. For if… — James Patrick Kelly
Ralph Nader choose the man with whom to share the responsibility of running a distant third, California activist Peter Camejo. You may remember that Camejo… — Jon Stewart
I sell well now in Russia. I remember one signing in Russia some years ago where the bookstore had two strongmen to hold the crowds… — Robert Sheckley
I wanted a bookstore because the book business is the business of life. — George Whitman

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107 authors contributed a total of 119 Bookstore Quotes, led by these top contributors: