Jaimie Admans > Quotes

“Books are magical in that they can transport you to another time and place, introduce you to people you come to know as friends, in both characters, authors and now in real people who, at some point in their lives, have chosen each book as carefully selected gifts for someone they cared about.”
― Jaimie Admans, The Little Bookshop of Love Stories

“The world is endlessly big when you have books.”
― Jaimie Admans, The Little Bookshop of Love Stories

“Books have always been my escape from daily life and now they are my daily life.”
― Jaimie Admans, The Little Bookshop of Love Stories

“There will always be hopes and dreams to keep us going. There will always be something to look forward to, even if it’s only the knowledge that things will get better. There will always be love. To look for, to hope for, to dream about. Maybe not even romantic love. A job you love, a friend you love, an animal, or a thing, or even a book that will improve your life. There will always be something good coming.”
― Jaimie Admans, The Little Bookshop of Love Stories

“Books connect us in a world where a lot of connections are broken nowadays. They can help us, heal us, break us and put our broken pieces back together again. They can make us believe in magic. In love. In anything.”
― Jaimie Admans, The Little Bookshop of Love Stories

“Books connect us in a world where a lot of connections are broken nowadays. They can help us, heal us, break us and put our broken pieces back together again. They can make us believe in magic. In love. In anything”
― Jaimie Admans, The Little Bookshop of Love Stories

“Stories are timeless. They spill through ages, times, genders, races, religions, nationalities. They unite us. With the world the way it is at the moment, they’re one of the only things we’ve got left that does. People are still reading books that were written hundreds of years ago. Children are still brought up with fairy tales that date back to centuries we can’t even imagine living in. That’s magic of a different kind.”
― Jaimie Admans, The Little Bookshop of Love Stories

“I think you take a part of every book with you when you’ve finished it, because for just a few hours, you’ve lived another life. You’ve experienced what the character has experienced, felt what they’ve felt, and loved who they’ve loved.”
― Jaimie Admans, The Little Bookshop of Love Stories

“I think you take a part of every book with you when you’ve finished it, because for just a few hours, you’ve lived another life. You’ve experienced what the character has experienced, felt what they’ve felt, and loved who they’ve loved. I think the best thing you can do after reading a book like that is to share it.”
― Jaimie Admans, The Little Bookshop of Love Stories

“I’m alone in the world, although I believe that anyone who loves books is never truly alone, and that’s always been enough for me.”
― Jaimie Admans, The Little Bookshop of Love Stories

“How amazing would it be to own a bookshop? To get to live and breathe books every day? To get paid for stroking books, arranging books, talking about books, recommending books, and thrusting books into the hands of unsuspecting strangers?”
― Jaimie Admans, The Little Bookshop of Love Stories

“I don’t think it’s a bad thing to believe in magic,’ he continues. ‘To believe the world could be a little bit better than it is. And it’s definitely not a bad thing to want to meet someone who makes you feel like that. Isn’t that what everyone should hold out for?”
― Jaimie Admans, The Little Bookshop of Love Stories

“Santa does exist, but not in the way he’s always thought. He exists in the hearts of everyone who keeps the spirit of Christmas alive, and that is true Christmas magic. Add that the spirit of Christmas is never lost for good and you hope he rediscovers it when he most needs it, and gets to share it”
― Jaimie Admans, The Post Box at the North Pole

“Do you want to build a snowman?’ ‘I thought you’d never ask!’ I bend over to grab a handful of snow and lob it at him. ‘If you can’t be a big kid at Christmas, when can you?’ ‘I’m glad you’re coming round to my way of thinking.’ He tilts his head to the side. ‘Too many people absorbed the lie that when you grow up you have to stop liking fun things and start liking adult things, but the happiest people are those who embrace things they love without shame.”
― Jaimie Admans, The Post Box at the North Pole

“And who knows, when the wind whispers just right and the stars twinkle on a Christmas night, maybe wishes can come true after all.”
― Jaimie Admans, The Little Christmas Shop on Nutcracker Lane

“There’s definitely something about a man who reads and understands a love of books.”
― Jaimie Admans, The Little Bookshop of Love Stories

“I see why Robert came down here. The waves are breaking gently in the distance and looking out at the ocean makes me feel small and free, like it’s okay if I mess things up sometimes and make mistakes and drop things that aren’t meant to be dropped. It doesn’t matter”
― Jaimie Admans, The Little Bookshop of Love Stories

“everyone should have a life that makes them want to dance occasionally.”
― Jaimie Admans, The Post Box at the North Pole

“It’s about the build-up. This is the fun part of Christmas. It’s nothing to do with the day itself. That’s always full of stress and a total let-down. It’s about this – this exact time of year when everything’s bright and twinkly and people are just a little bit kinder than usual.”
― Jaimie Admans, The Little Christmas Shop on Nutcracker Lane

“Factually, all of Santa’s reindeer would be female to still have antlers on Christmas Eve.”
― Jaimie Admans, The Post Box at the North Pole

“Modern Christmases are all about stress and expensive presents that none of us can really afford, but what Christmas is really about is time with family and friends and appreciating what you have rather than making lists of stuff you want.”
― Jaimie Admans, The Little Christmas Shop on Nutcracker Lane

“Making wishes isn’t what’s magic here. It’s having something to wish for that makes all the difference. Hope. This has given them all hope. That’s something that’s been in short supply lately. For all of us.”
― Jaimie Admans, The Little Christmas Shop on Nutcracker Lane

“Here. Tea is clinically proven to help in all medical emergencies. Probably.”
― Jaimie Admans, The Little Christmas Shop on Nutcracker Lane

“the feeling of doing something good is addictive. It makes you realise how lucky you are to have the basic things in life that are so easy to take for granted.”
― Jaimie Admans, The Post Box at the North Pole

“Because as a bookseller, you wanted to specialise in books that have meant something to someone. You wanted to pass on books that have been loved before.’ ‘Stories are timeless. They spill through ages, times, genders, races, religions, nationalities. They unite us.”
― Jaimie Admans, The Little Bookshop of Love Stories

“Horror can be hidden by even the most beautiful of façades.”
― Jaimie Admans, The Little Bookshop of Love Stories

“One of my favourite things about Buntingorden has always been how dog-friendly it is.”
― Jaimie Admans, The Little Bookshop of Love Stories

“How can you be so positive?’ I ask before I realise I’m going to say anything. ‘I mean, after everything you’ve been through, I’d expect you to be sad and angry at the world …’ ‘I always believe that something wonderful is about to happen.”
― Jaimie Admans, The Little Bookshop of Love Stories

“Santa is a symbol of hope, a sign that things will always get better. Christmas is something to look forward to. A joyous end to the year – a celebration of a good year or good riddance to a bad year, but always a moment to measure your life by, whether adult or child.”
― Jaimie Admans, The Post Box at the North Pole

“Nutcrackers are brimming with magical powers. It’s long been said that if a wish is made at the exact moment a nut is being cracked, when the stars shine bright and the wind rustles his beard, and you can almost hear the sparkling of Christmas magic in the air all around, the nutcracker will grant the wish. Try it!”
― Jaimie Admans, The Little Christmas Shop on Nutcracker Lane