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“He asked <...> Rosemary, why do you love books so much?
And I said, Well, I don't know <...> I suppose I love them because they're quiet, and I can take them to the park.”
― Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
And I said, Well, I don't know <...> I suppose I love them because they're quiet, and I can take them to the park.”
― Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“You know," said Arthur, "it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young."
"Why, what did she tell you?"
"I don't know, I didn't listen.”
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
"Why, what did she tell you?"
"I don't know, I didn't listen.”
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
“Walking the stacks in a library, dragging your fingers across the spines -- it's hard not to feel the presence of sleeping spirits.”
― Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
― Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“We are all the pieces of what we remember. We hold in ourselves the hopes and fears of those who love us. As long as there is love and memory, there is no true loss.”
― City of Heavenly Fire
― City of Heavenly Fire
“After that, the book will fade, the way all books fade in your mind. But I hope you will remember this:
A man walking fast down a dark lonely street. Quick steps and hard breathing, all wonder and need. A bell above a door and the tinkle it makes. A clerk and a ladder and warm golden light, and then: the right book exactly, at exactly the right time.”
― Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
A man walking fast down a dark lonely street. Quick steps and hard breathing, all wonder and need. A bell above a door and the tinkle it makes. A clerk and a ladder and warm golden light, and then: the right book exactly, at exactly the right time.”
― Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
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Rita’s 2025 Year in Books
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