Private property Quote by Elizabeth Graver

“Books are the salt of life; without them, there is no flavor.”

— Cheryl Koevoet

“Never mind the disappointment. Salt water will wash it away. You will be amazed how unimportant it will seem in a week’s time –…

— Patrick O'Brian

“I have books in every corner of my house. 'Cleaning' my books is a pointless endeavor.”

— Love The Stacks Bookstore

“A person's books are private, not to be poked around by others at will.”

— Kate Furnivall

“Behind the counter, I slouched on my stool in the sun and sucked up the summer as If I could hold every drop of…

— Maggie Stiefvater

“If a book has anything to say, it burns with a quiet laugh, because any book worth its salt points up and out of…

— Bohumil Hrabal

“My books are likely to contain food stains and rings from my tea cups. A book is to be lived with and used.”

— Kristin Cashore

“Dust dances in the light like tiny ghosts of stories. I open a yellowed page— your handwriting from another lifetime. The shopkeeper pretends not…

— Avijeet Das

“Books should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf”

— Christopher Paolini

“The book is open, spine cracked, abused in a way no one with respect for paper should ever do.”

— Erika Swyler

“More salt on the places that never healed.”

— Holly Green

“Orange tables are the salt of the earth.”

— Brent Jensen