129 Quotes About Bookstores
- Author Stephen King
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Jake went in, aware that he had, for the first time in three weeks, opened a door without hoping madly to find another world on the other side. A bell jingled overhead. The mild, spicy smell of old books hit him, and the smell was somehow like coming home.
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- Author Paul Acampora
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Shelving books incorrectly is as good as stealing them. It's almost worse.
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- Author Lionel Barrymore
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To my mind there is nothing so beautiful or so provocative as a secondhand book store...To me it is astonishing and miraculous to think that any one of us can poke among the stalls for something to read overnight--and that this something may be the sum of a lifetime of sweat, tears, and genius that some poor, struggling, blessed fellow expended trying to teach us the truth.
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- Author Lewis Buzbee
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We are much more likely to be drawn to a messy bookstore than a neat one because the mess signifies vitality. We are not drawn to a bookstore because of tasteful, Finnish shelves in gunmetal gray mesh, each one displaying three carefully chosen, color-coordinated covers. Clutter -- orderly clutter, if possible -- is what we expect. Like a city. It's not quite a city unless there's more than enough.
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- Author Jenny Lawson
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I have an entire bookstore all to myself, and that is magical. Bookstores and libraries are a sanctuary to me, in the same way that I suspect churches are to religious people. It's a safe space and I am so grateful that it exists.
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- Author Elizabeth Tallent
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People open bookstores because they want their souls back.(from "Two Women" published in Do Me: Tales of Sex & Love from Tin House)
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- Author Sarah Jio
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What is childhood without stories? And how will children fall in love with stories without bookstores? You can't get that from a computer.
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- Author Jim C. Hines
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...bookstores, libraries... they're the closest thing I have to a church.
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- Author Sara Sheridan
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Readership is highly dependent upon format and distribution as much as it is on content.
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