“Sometimes books don’t find us until the right time.”
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
“Every book is a world.”
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
“I think I look a little like a pumpkin,” whispered September, secretly delighted. “I’m all green and orange.”
― The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
― The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
“The Beauties” by Anton Chekhov, “The Doll’s House” by Katherine Mansfield, “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” by J. D. Salinger, “Brownies” or “Drinking Coffee Elsewhere” both by ZZ Packer, “In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried” by Amy Hempel, “Fat” by Raymond Carver, “Indian Camp” by Ernest Hemingway.”
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
“Turns out I really like bookstores. You know, I meet a lot of people in my line of work. A lot of folks pass through Alice Island, especially in the summer. I've seen movie people on vacation and I've seen music people and newspeople, too. There ain't nobody in the world like book people. It's a business of gentlemen and gentlewoman.”
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
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