Quotes Tagged With :bookshops

The truly wide taste in reading is that which enables a man to find something for his needs on the sixpenny....

In a town like London there are always plenty of not quite certifiable lunatics walking the streets,....

A country whose citizens do not read is already late because "reading" is just the first step to wisdom....

It is impossible for a Parisian to resist the desire to flick through the old volumes laid out by a books....

Perhaps that is the best way to say it: printed books are magical, and real bookshops keep that magic....

They are a brilliant device for shape-shifting as we can slip into the skin of authors from other times,....

…secondhand bookstores have pilgrims. The words out of print are a call to arms for those who seek....

What exactly is it you'd like to know? [the book store manager asked]. He had an odd expression, like....

A bookshop is a peaceful sanctuary of silent voices waiting to heard

Living in a bookshop is like living in a warehouse of explosives. Those shelves are ranked with the most....