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Bookstores Quotes

As I watched bookstores close, I began to wonder how that felt for the owners. Owning a bookstore was their dream and now they're struggling and seeing those dreams fall apart Picture Quote #1

Books lined the shelves of bookstores like kids standing in a row to play baseball or soccer, and mine was the gangly, unathletic kid that no one wanted on their team Picture Quote #1

Bookstores, like libraries, are the physical manifestation of the wide world’s longest, most thrilling conversation Picture Quote #1

A civilization without retail bookstores is unimaginable. Like shrines and other sacred meeting places, bookstores are essential artifacts of human nature. The feel of a book taken from the shelf and held in the hand is a magical experience, linking writer to reader Picture Quote #1

Don’t patronize the chain bookstores. Every time I see some author scheduled to read and sign his books at a chain bookstore, I feel like telling him he’s stabbing the independent bookstores in the back Picture Quote #1

Also, if nothing else, writing this book has really changed the way I experience bookstores. I have a whole different appreciation for the amount of work packed into even the slimmest volume on the shelves Picture Quote #1

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As I’ve often said, you can shop online and find whatever you’re looking for, but bookstores are where you find what you weren’t looking for Picture Quote #1

Museums and bookstores should feel, I think, like vacant lots - places where the demands on us are our own demands, where the spirit can find exercise in unsupervised play Picture Quote #1

Those who aspire to the status of cultured individuals visit bookstores with trepidation, overwhelmed by the immensity of all they have not read. They buy something that theyve been told is good, make an unsuccessful attempt to read it, and when they have accumulated half a dozen unread books, feel so bad that they are afraid to buy more. In contrast, the truly cultured are capable of owning thousands of unread books without losing their composure or their desire for more Picture Quote #1

What is childhood without stories? And how will children fall in love with stories without bookstores? You can’t get that from a computer Picture Quote #1

There are some writers I think who love to go around and visit bookstores and just interact Picture Quote #1

I have done quite a few signings at bookstores, libraries and conferences. I have received phone calls and letters from people who liked the book Picture Quote #1

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I like to go through the zine sections of local bookstores when on the road and have found a lot of really great kind of underground stuff that way. It all feeds into everything else Picture Quote #1

By the mid 1970s, the great downtown bookstores had begun to disappear as their customers migrated from city to suburb where population density was too thin to support major backlist retailers Picture Quote #1

Some people, of course, say they’re practicing tantra. There are a lot of books on tantric sexual practice in local bookstores. These are usually pretty silly books Picture Quote #1

Age about 30, I stopped looking up my books in bookstores. Paying attention to the marketplace isn’t a healthy thing for me Picture Quote #1

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As I watched bookstores close, I began to wonder how that felt for the owners. Owning a bookstore was their dream and now they're struggling and seeing those dreams fall apart (Bookstores Quotes) Books lined the shelves of bookstores like kids standing in a row to play baseball or soccer, and mine was the gangly, unathletic kid that no one wanted on their team (Bookstores Quotes) Bookstores, like libraries, are the physical manifestation of the wide world’s longest, most thrilling conversation (Bookstores Quotes) A civilization without retail bookstores is unimaginable. Like shrines and other sacred meeting places, bookstores are essential artifacts of human nature. The feel of a book taken from the shelf and held in the hand is a magical experience, linking writer to reader (Bookstores Quotes) Don’t patronize the chain bookstores. Every time I see some author scheduled to read and sign his books at a chain bookstore, I feel like telling him he’s stabbing the independent bookstores in the back (Bookstores Quotes) Also, if nothing else, writing this book has really changed the way I experience bookstores. I have a whole different appreciation for the amount of work packed into even the slimmest volume on the shelves (Bookstores Quotes) As I’ve often said, you can shop online and find whatever you’re looking for, but bookstores are where you find what you weren’t looking for (Bookstores Quotes) Museums and bookstores should feel, I think, like vacant lots - places where the demands on us are our own demands, where the spirit can find exercise in unsupervised play (Bookstores Quotes) Those who aspire to the status of cultured individuals visit bookstores with trepidation, overwhelmed by the immensity of all they have not read. They buy something that theyve been told is good, make an unsuccessful attempt to read it, and when they have accumulated half a dozen unread books, feel so bad that they are afraid to buy more. In contrast, the truly cultured are capable of owning thousands of unread books without losing their composure or their desire for more (Bookstores Quotes) What is childhood without stories? And how will children fall in love with stories without bookstores? You can’t get that from a computer (Bookstores Quotes) There are some writers I think who love to go around and visit bookstores and just interact (Bookstores Quotes) I have done quite a few signings at bookstores, libraries and conferences. I have received phone calls and letters from people who liked the book (Bookstores Quotes) I like to go through the zine sections of local bookstores when on the road and have found a lot of really great kind of underground stuff that way. It all feeds into everything else (Bookstores Quotes) By the mid 1970s, the great downtown bookstores had begun to disappear as their customers migrated from city to suburb where population density was too thin to support major backlist retailers (Bookstores Quotes) Some people, of course, say they’re practicing tantra. There are a lot of books on tantric sexual practice in local bookstores. These are usually pretty silly books (Bookstores Quotes) Age about 30, I stopped looking up my books in bookstores. Paying attention to the marketplace isn’t a healthy thing for me (Bookstores Quotes)

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