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“The shelves covered all four walls of the square room, broken in three places by tall, narrow windows with stained-glass inserts above and upholstered…

— Susanna Kearsley

“The bookcase tipped and the book covers opened like wings over an underbelly of white feathers, dirty with ink.”

— Anthony Marra

“I've squeezed as many bookcases in this tiny space as possible. Being surrounded by books and magazines makes me feel calm. It makes the…

— Angelo Surmelis

“Crossing my arms over my chest, I said, a little too heartily, “So this is the library.” There certainly couldn’t be any doubt on…

— Lauren Willig

“I grew as fussy and particular about where to put what, which books should lie where, what cushion should grace what corner as a…

— Anne Rivers Siddons

Books were like old friends, with their worn covers and well-thumbed pages..

— Naomi Ragen

Inside the glittery, swanky cases-the 'modern art' materials that were all the rage at the time, Formica and glass and plastic-was something very unpleasant,…

— Paul Thek

“ Books — the warm, leather-skinned weight of them in your hands, the way they smelled when you lifted them close to your face.…

— Richard K. Morgan

“a glass table nearby, with magazines carefully fanned out across it.”

— Kelly Favor

“daughter of the past who walked in all wide-eyed and exhaling like she’d finally found what she was looking for. It was a look…

— Patti Callahan Henry

“This young gentleman was like something from out of a leather-bound book!”

— Lindsay Eland

“The house was clean, scrubbed and immaculate, curtains washed, windows polished, but all as a man does it - the ironed curtains did not…

— John Steinbeck