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Bookshop Quotes

So often, a visit to a bookshop has cheered me, and reminded me that there are good things in the world Picture Quote #1

Famous Harry Potter, said Malfoy. Can’t even go to a bookshop without making the front page Picture Quote #1

I saw Roland Barthes’s ‘Mourning Diary’ at a bookshop, and I felt it was like I was destined to see the book. I read it all in one go while I was in the shop. The book was mind-blowing Picture Quote #1

I can walk into a bookshop and point out a number of books that I find very unattractive in what they say. But it doesn’t occur to me to burn the bookshop down. If you don’t like a book, read another book. If you start reading a book and you decide you don’t like it, nobody is telling you to finish it Picture Quote #1

Because there is nothing I would rather do than rummage through bookshops, I went at once to Hastings and Sons Bookshop upon receiving your letter. I have gone to them for years, always finding the one book I wanted - and then three more I hadn’t known I wanted Picture Quote #1

I have this fantasy. I’m walking past a bookshop and I click my fingers and all my books go blank. So I can start again and get it right Picture Quote #1

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For decades, as literary editor, I have followed the growth of our creative writing in English. In my Solidaridad Bookshop, half of my stock consists of Filipino books written in English and in the native languages Picture Quote #1

I remember going into a bookshop, and the only book I saw with a black child on the cover was ‘A Thief in the Village’ by James Berry, and I thought, ‘Is this still the state of publishing?’ Then I thought, ‘Either I can whine about it or try to do something about it.’ Picture Quote #1

While browsing in a second-hand bookshop one day, George Bernard Shaw was amused to find a copy of one of his own works which he himself had inscribed for a friend: To ----, with esteem, George Bernard Shaw. He immediately purchased the book and returned it to the friend with a second inscription: With renewed esteem, George Bernard Shaw Picture Quote #1

Oscar Wilde always makes me smile - with respect and admiration. His short stories prove that it is possible to be both sarcastic, even cynical, but deeply compassionate. Just seeing the cover of one of Wildes books in a bookshop makes me smile Picture Quote #1

I can walk into a bookshop and point out a number of books that I find very unattractive in what they say. But it doesn’t occur to me to burn the bookshop down. If you don’t like a book, read another book. If you start reading a book and you decide you don’t like it, nobody is telling you to finish it Picture Quote #1

How weird it would be to have around you only as many books as you have time to read in the rest of your life. And I remain deeply attached to the physical book and the physical bookshop Picture Quote #1

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I stepped into the bookshop and breathed in that perfume of paper and magic that strangely no one had ever thought of bottling Picture Quote #1

I think that I still have it in my heart someday to paint a bookshop with the front yellow and pink in the evening... like a light in the midst of the darkness Picture Quote #1

I have this fantasy. I’m walking past a bookshop and I click my fingers and all my books go blank. So I can start again and get it right Picture Quote #1

A good bookshop is not just about selling books from shelves, but reaching out into the world and making a difference Picture Quote #1

I despair of ever getting it through anybody’s head I am not interested in bookshops, I am interested in what’s written in the books. I don’t browse in bookshops, I browse in libraries, where you can take a book home and read it, and if you like it you go to a bookshop and buy it Picture Quote #1

I am a regular, if not exactly enthusiastic, patron of my local bookshop. I try to buy at least some books there because I cling to the belief that it’s important to maintain those businesses which put a human face on the exchange of money for goods and services Picture Quote #1

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His hands were weak and shaking from carrying far too many books from the bookshop. It was the best feeling Picture Quote #1

What you have here is an example of that well known phenomenon, a bookshop assistant who knows buggerall but won't admit it (probably some kind of arts graduate) Picture Quote #1

Quite often I can be in a bookshop, standing beneath a great big picture of myself and paying for a book with a credit card clearly marked John Grisham, yet no one recognises me. I often say I'm a famous author in a country where no one reads Picture Quote #1

Wealth is walking into any bookshop and buying any book you want without looking at the price tag Picture Quote #1

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So often, a visit to a bookshop has cheered me, and reminded me that there are good things in the world (Bookshop Quotes) Famous Harry Potter, said Malfoy. Can’t even go to a bookshop without making the front page. (Bookshop Quotes) I saw Roland Barthes’s ‘Mourning Diary’ at a bookshop, and I felt it was like I was destined to see the book. I read it all in one go while I was in the shop. The book was mind-blowing. (Bookshop Quotes) I can walk into a bookshop and point out a number of books that I find very unattractive in what they say. But it doesn’t occur to me to burn the bookshop down. If you don’t like a book, read another book. If you start reading a book and you decide you don’t like it, nobody is telling you to finish it. (Bookshop Quotes) Because there is nothing I would rather do than rummage through bookshops, I went at once to Hastings and Sons Bookshop upon receiving your letter. I have gone to them for years, always finding the one book I wanted - and then three more I hadn’t known I wanted. (Bookshop Quotes) I have this fantasy. I’m walking past a bookshop and I click my fingers and all my books go blank. So I can start again and get it right. (Bookshop Quotes) For decades, as literary editor, I have followed the growth of our creative writing in English. In my Solidaridad Bookshop, half of my stock consists of Filipino books written in English and in the native languages. (Bookshop Quotes) I remember going into a bookshop, and the only book I saw with a black child on the cover was ‘A Thief in the Village’ by James Berry, and I thought, ‘Is this still the state of publishing?’ Then I thought, ‘Either I can whine about it or try to do something about it.’ (Bookshop Quotes) While browsing in a second-hand bookshop one day, George Bernard Shaw was amused to find a copy of one of his own works which he himself had inscribed for a friend: To ----, with esteem, George Bernard Shaw. He immediately purchased the book and returned it to the friend with a second inscription: With renewed esteem, George Bernard Shaw. (Bookshop Quotes) Oscar Wilde always makes me smile - with respect and admiration. His short stories prove that it is possible to be both sarcastic, even cynical, but deeply compassionate. Just seeing the cover of one of Wildes books in a bookshop makes me smile (Bookshop Quotes) I can walk into a bookshop and point out a number of books that I find very unattractive in what they say. But it doesn’t occur to me to burn the bookshop down. If you don’t like a book, read another book. If you start reading a book and you decide you don’t like it, nobody is telling you to finish it (Bookshop Quotes) How weird it would be to have around you only as many books as you have time to read in the rest of your life. And I remain deeply attached to the physical book and the physical bookshop (Bookshop Quotes) I stepped into the bookshop and breathed in that perfume of paper and magic that strangely no one had ever thought of bottling (Bookshop Quotes) I think that I still have it in my heart someday to paint a bookshop with the front yellow and pink in the evening... like a light in the midst of the darkness (Bookshop Quotes) I have this fantasy. I’m walking past a bookshop and I click my fingers and all my books go blank. So I can start again and get it right (Bookshop Quotes) A good bookshop is not just about selling books from shelves, but reaching out into the world and making a difference (Bookshop Quotes) I despair of ever getting it through anybody’s head I am not interested in bookshops, I am interested in what’s written in the books. I don’t browse in bookshops, I browse in libraries, where you can take a book home and read it, and if you like it you go to a bookshop and buy it (Bookshop Quotes) I am a regular, if not exactly enthusiastic, patron of my local bookshop. I try to buy at least some books there because I cling to the belief that it’s important to maintain those businesses which put a human face on the exchange of money for goods and services (Bookshop Quotes) His hands were weak and shaking from carrying far too many books from the bookshop. It was the best feeling (Bookshop Quotes) What you have here is an example of that well known phenomenon, a bookshop assistant who knows buggerall but won't admit it (probably some kind of arts graduate) (Bookshop Quotes) Quite often I can be in a bookshop, standing beneath a great big picture of myself and paying for a book with a credit card clearly marked John Grisham, yet no one recognises me. I often say I'm a famous author in a country where no one reads (Bookshop Quotes) Wealth is walking into any bookshop and buying any book you want without looking at the price tag (Bookshop Quotes)