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“Your body - every body is a marvel. A wonder of creation. [...] The day your first opened your eyes, Anna, God asked just one thing: that you live.”
― The Wonder
― The Wonder
“I also have to credit Bill Bilby, owner of Chelsea Books, with two other important lessons: first, his shop was always tidy and thoughtfully-organized –a remarkable trait in secondhand shops; and second, he was visibly enthusiastic about his stock. He was the first bookseller I knew to describe a book-artefact as “sexy”! A cynic might denigrate this latter trait as a mere sales tactic –because indeed his infectious enthusiasm successfully sold lots of books –but the fact is that the guy was, and is, just a completely mad bibliophile, and being in his shop with him, listening to him effuse about his books, and watching the way he would stroke them and savour them, was profound. It made me realize that we in the trade are actually evangelists of bibliophilia, and embracing and spreading that passion is the only way to ensure our survival.”
― The Bookshop Book
― The Bookshop Book
“She needs to get up and go home. She knows it, but she just doesn’t go”
― My Absolute Darling
― My Absolute Darling
“I absolutely demand of you and everyone I know that they be widely read in every damn field there is; in every religion and every art form and don’t tell me you haven’t got time! There’s plenty of time. You need all of these cross-references. You never know when your head is going to use this fuel, this food for its purposes. —Ray Bradbury”
― Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks
― Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks
“The madness of wealth,” my mother mumbled. “Sometimes you think you’re spending money, but all along the money’s spending you.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
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