Independent Bookstores Quotes

• I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.

  Anna Quindlen

  Children, Thinking, People

  Anna Quindlen (2010). “Thinking Out Loud: On the Personal, the Political, the Public and the Private”, p.119, Ballantine Books

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• Decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.

  Anna Quindlen

  Children, Reading Books, Reading For Kids

  Anna Quindlen (2010). “Thinking Out Loud: On the Personal, the Political, the Public and the Private”, p.114, Ballantine Books

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• A word after a word after a word is power.

  Margaret Atwood

  Inspirational, Life, Reading

  "Spelling". Poem by Margaret Atwood, www.poemhunter.com.

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• Think before you speak. Read before you think.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Book

  Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.222, Vintage

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• 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.

  Lawrence Ferlinghetti

  Book, Independent, Ties

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• A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.

  David Mitchell

  Love, Book, Half

  David Mitchell (2008). “Cloud Atlas: A Novel”, p.64, Random House

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• Acknowledgements With grateful thanks to the three least-appreciated and hardest-working proselytizers of the written word: independent bookstores, librarians, and teachers.

  Gail Carriger

  Teacher, Grateful, Independent

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• I wouldn’t have a career if it weren’t for independent bookstores.

  John Green

  Independent, Careers, Bookstores

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• I think it's crazy, crazy that book tours lose so much money. They shouldn't. Book tours should be part of what keeps independent bookstores vibrant and profitable.

  John Green

  Crazy, Book, Independent

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• My first signing was at my hometown independent bookstore and everyone in the world came. It was so nice. My family was there, my parents, everybody I worked with, all my friends. So I had this great first reading with a like hundred people there.

  Sarah Dessen

  Nice, Reading, Independent

  "We heart YA" blog Interview, www.weheartya.com. June 13, 2013.

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• The only people who have never had a problem with me speaking in their venues are independent bookstores and libraries. Universities and humanities councils have canceled me, but never an independent bookstore.

  Bill Ayers

  Independent, People, Humanity

  "The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Bill Ayers". Interview with Rachel DeWoskin, therumpus.net. December 1, 2013.

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