Bookstores Quote by Joseph Brodsky

The first thing I do in any town I come to is ask if it has a bookstore.

— Robert Frost

I always look for a bookshop wherever I go.

— Ruskin Bond

A place isn't a place until it has a bookstore.

— Gabrielle Zevin

My books are shelved in different places, depending on the bookstore. Sometimes they can be found in the Mystery section, sometimes in the Humor…

— Carl Hiaasen

I often think . . . that the bookstores that will save civilization are not online, nor on campuses, nor named Borders, Barnes &…

— James V. Schall

a bookstore is one of the few places where all the cantankerous, conflicting, alluring voices of the world co-exist in peace and order and…

— Jane Smiley

Any independent bookstore that has managed to survive is the best place to do a reading.

— Ruth Ozeki

We should all miss bookstores. They let you discover things.

— Christie Hefner

Today, if you want to access a typical out-of-print book, you have only one choice - fly to one of a handful of leading…

— Sergey Brin

We don't want bookstores to die. Authors need them, and so do neighborhoods.

— Roy Blount, Jr

If books are not good company, where shall I find it?

— Mark Twain

I wanted a bookstore because the book business is the business of life.

— George Whitman