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== Quotes about Books & Bookstores == | == Quotes about Books & Bookstores == | ||
− | | class="title" | '''<span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;"> ~ V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue ''' | + | <br> |
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+ | | class="title" | '''<span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;"> ~ V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue '''<br> | ||
:'' “Some bookstores are organized, more gallery than shop. '' | :'' “Some bookstores are organized, more gallery than shop. '' | ||
:'' Some are sterile, reserved for only the new and untouched. But not this one. '' | :'' Some are sterile, reserved for only the new and untouched. But not this one. '' | ||
:'' This shop is a labyrinth of stacks and shelves, texts stacked two, even three deep, '' | :'' This shop is a labyrinth of stacks and shelves, texts stacked two, even three deep, '' | ||
:'' leather beside paper beside board. Her favorite kind of store, one that’s easy to get lost in.” '' | :'' leather beside paper beside board. Her favorite kind of store, one that’s easy to get lost in.” '' | ||
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− | | class="title" | '''<span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;"> ~ Joseph Gordon-Levitt, The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories ''' | + | | class="title" | '''<span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;"> ~ Joseph Gordon-Levitt, The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories '''<br> |
:'' “His hands were weak and shaking from carrying far too many books from the bookshop. It was the best feeling.” '' | :'' “His hands were weak and shaking from carrying far too many books from the bookshop. It was the best feeling.” '' | ||
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− | | class="title" | '''<span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;"> ~ Elizabeth Tallent, Two Women ''' | + | | class="title" | '''<span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;"> ~ Elizabeth Tallent, Two Women '''<br> |
:'' “People open bookstores because they want their souls back.” '' | :'' “People open bookstores because they want their souls back.” '' | ||
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− | | class="title" | '''<span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;"> ~ Rebecca Raisin, The Little Bookshop on the Seine ''' | + | | class="title" | '''<span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;"> ~ Rebecca Raisin, The Little Bookshop on the Seine''' <br> |
:'' “Some had been held aloft tepid rose-scented baths, and thickened and warped with moisture. '' | :'' “Some had been held aloft tepid rose-scented baths, and thickened and warped with moisture. '' | ||
:'' Others had child-like scrawls on the acknowledgement page, little fingers looking for a blank space to leave their mark. '' | :'' Others had child-like scrawls on the acknowledgement page, little fingers looking for a blank space to leave their mark. '' | ||
:'' Then there were the pristine novels, ones that had been read carefully, bookmarks used, '' | :'' Then there were the pristine novels, ones that had been read carefully, bookmarks used, '' | ||
:'' almost like their owner barely pried the pages open so loathe were they to damage their treasure.” '' | :'' almost like their owner barely pried the pages open so loathe were they to damage their treasure.” '' | ||
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− | | class="title" | '''<span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;"> ~ Peter Ackroyd ''' | + | | class="title" | '''<span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;"> ~ Peter Ackroyd '''<br> |
:'' “What is the sweetness of flowers compared to the savour of dust and confinement?” '' | :'' “What is the sweetness of flowers compared to the savour of dust and confinement?” '' | ||
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− | | class="title" | '''<span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;"> ~ Virginia Woolf, Street Haunting ''' | + | | class="title" | '''<span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;"> ~ Virginia Woolf, Street Haunting '''<br> |
:'' “Second-hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, '' | :'' “Second-hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, '' | ||
:'' and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack. '' | :'' and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack. '' | ||
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:'' who will, with luck, turn into the best friend we have in the world.” '' | :'' who will, with luck, turn into the best friend we have in the world.” '' | ||
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== Quotes about Coffee, Tea & Cafes == | == Quotes about Coffee, Tea & Cafes == | ||
− | | class="title" | '''<span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;"> ~ Isabella Beeton, The Book of Household Management ''' | + | |- |
+ | | class="title" | '''<span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;"> ~ Isabella Beeton, The Book of Household Management '''<br> | ||
:'' “Thousands have lived without a knowledge of tea and coffee; '' | :'' “Thousands have lived without a knowledge of tea and coffee; '' | ||
:'' and daily experience teaches us that, under certain circumstances, '' | :'' and daily experience teaches us that, under certain circumstances, '' | ||
:'' they may be dispensed with without disadvantage to the merely animal functions; '' | :'' they may be dispensed with without disadvantage to the merely animal functions; '' | ||
:'' but it is an error, certainly, to conclude from this that they may be altogether dispensed with.” '' | :'' but it is an error, certainly, to conclude from this that they may be altogether dispensed with.” '' | ||
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− | | class="title" | '''<span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;"> ~ Darynda Jones, Third Grave Dead Ahead ''' | + | | class="title" | '''<span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;"> ~ Darynda Jones, Third Grave Dead Ahead '''<br> |
:'' “Want coffee?" I asked, as I headed that way. '' | :'' “Want coffee?" I asked, as I headed that way. '' | ||
:'' "It's three thirty in the morning." '' | :'' "It's three thirty in the morning." '' | ||
:'' "Okay. Want coffee?” '' | :'' "Okay. Want coffee?” '' | ||
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− | | class="title" | '''<span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;"> ~ Carlos Ruiz Zafón ''' | + | | class="title" | '''<span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;"> ~ Carlos Ruiz Zafón ''' <br> |
:'' “Inside, voices seemed to echo with shadows of other times. Accountants, dreamers, and would-be geniuses '' | :'' “Inside, voices seemed to echo with shadows of other times. Accountants, dreamers, and would-be geniuses '' | ||
:'' shared tables with the spectres of Pablo Picasso, Isaac Albeniz, Federico Garcia Lorca, and Salvador Dali. '' | :'' shared tables with the spectres of Pablo Picasso, Isaac Albeniz, Federico Garcia Lorca, and Salvador Dali. '' | ||
:'' There any poor devil could pass for a historical figure for the price of a small coffee.” '' | :'' There any poor devil could pass for a historical figure for the price of a small coffee.” '' | ||
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− | | class="title" | '''<span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;"> ~ Samuel Johnson ''' | + | | class="title" | '''<span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;"> ~ Samuel Johnson ''' <br> |
:'' “A hardened and shameless tea-drinker, who has, for twenty years, diluted his meals with '' | :'' “A hardened and shameless tea-drinker, who has, for twenty years, diluted his meals with '' | ||
:'' only the infusion of this fascinating plant; whose kettle has scarcely time to cool; '' | :'' only the infusion of this fascinating plant; whose kettle has scarcely time to cool; '' | ||
:'' who with tea amuses the evening, with tea solaces the midnight, and, with tea, welcomes the morning.” '' | :'' who with tea amuses the evening, with tea solaces the midnight, and, with tea, welcomes the morning.” '' | ||
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− | | class="title" | '''<span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;"> ~ Michael Benzehabe ''' | + | | class="title" | '''<span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;"> ~ Michael Benzehabe '''<br> |
:'' “She had walked from her little bungalow to Coffee & Tea. It was always filled with the '' | :'' “She had walked from her little bungalow to Coffee & Tea. It was always filled with the '' | ||
:'' well-educated, the complicated, the people who read books with captivating titles. '' | :'' well-educated, the complicated, the people who read books with captivating titles. '' |
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