Books Quote by Helene Hanff

“There is a room in England somewhere, but it's nowhere to be seen. It exists only in the mind, and only in the mind…

— Jeff Noon

“Please write and tell me about London, I live for the day when I step off the boat-train and feel its dirty sidewalks under…

— Helene Hanff

“I remember years ago a guy I knew told me that people going to England find exactly what they go looking for.”

— Helene Hanff

“Know most of the rooms of thy native country before thou goest over the threshold thereof. Especially seeing England presents thee with so many…

— W.G. Hoskins

“I’ve always wanted to go to England. I just never thought it would be after I was dead, on a quest, on a bright…

— Rick Riordan

It is hard to believe that England is so near as from your letters it appears; and that this identical piece of paper has…

— Anonymous

“All I wanted,' London said later, 'was a quiet place in the counry to write and loaf in and get out of Nature that…

— Jack London

“Oh, to be in England, now that England’s gone. This World Service, this little bakelite gateway into the world of Sidney Box, Charters and…

— Stephen Fry

“Sometimes you look for the world, and it's there.”

— Tom Andrews

“That's what sofas are for: sit down, drink a cup of tea, talk of literature. At least that's how I see it.”

— Sophie Divry

“Now nearly all the mysteries have gone, and there is scarcely an unknown country left to peer at.)”

— Jan Morris

“Since the library has just opened for the day, there's no one else there and I have the elegant reading room all to myself.…

— Haruki Murakami