Bookstores Quotes

There is a value to books—unhackable, paper books—that measures far beyond mere ink and paper.

The Bookshop has a thousand books,All colors, hues, and tinges,And every cover is a doorThat turns on magic hinges.

Just because you start attempting to do right, doesn’t mean people will let you forget about what you’ve done wrong…Be encouraged

One of the smartest things one can do in life sometimes…is play stupid. Be encouraged

What is the sweetness of flowers compared to the savour of dust and confinement?

People open bookstores because they want their souls back.(from "Two Women" published in Do Me: Tales of Sex & Love from Tin House)

Reality doesn’t always give us the life that we desire, but we can always find what we desire between the pages of books.

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

You are more likely to find three TVs inside a randomly selected house than you are to find a single book that is or was not read to pass an exam, to please God, or to be a better cook.

Browsing through the shelves in bookstores or libraries, I was completely happy.

A man who looks like Frodo just spent $150 on erotica books and asked for my phone number. I considered giving him yours just to spite you.

Wherever I go, bookstores are still the closest thing to a town square.

I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, 'Where's the self-help section?' She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.