16 Quotes by Anna James

I have seen the same problems again and again, and reading is nothing but a merry distraction from it. A way to escape problems and cares, ay, but not a way to solve them. I wish it were otherwise.

Some people see a bookshop as an archive, or a shrine, or even a time machine. But I think a bookshop is like a map of the world. There are infinite paths you can take through it and none of them are right or wrong. Here in a bookshop we give readers landmarks to help them find their way, but every reader has to learn to set their own compass.

LEGERE EST PEREGRINARI

But not really at your service, you understand, it’s a symbolic thing. I’m a prince – I’m not going to actually help you with anything.

Trouble always starts when you are out of proportion with who you are talking to.

Words can mean much more, or less, than they seem, and we can put them to such creative uses.

A bit of nonsense never hurt anyone ...

I guess a book about a nice safe place where nothing happens would be kind of boring and no one would read it.

Books aren't interested in who is reading them... A book will welcome any reader; any age, any background, any point of view. Books don't care if you can't understand every word in them, or if you want to skip bits or reread bits. Books welcome everyone who wants to explore them, and thankfully no one has ever worked out a way to stop that.