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== Room Descs == | == Room Descs == | ||
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− | Uppercasebooksdesc.jpg|Uppercase Books | + | |- |
− | Undergroundcoffeedesc.jpg|Underground Coffee | + | | width=100 | <center>[[Image:Uppercasebooksdesc.jpg|x200px|Uppercase Books]]</center> |
− | </ | + | | width=100 | <center>[[Image:Undergroundcoffeedesc.jpg|x200px|Underground Coffee]]</center> |
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== Atmospheric Inspiration == | == Atmospheric Inspiration == | ||
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− | Uppercasebooks2.jpg | + | | width=100 | <center>[[Image:Uppercasebooks1.jpg|x200px]]</center> |
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+ | == Quotes about Books & Bookstores == | ||
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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> | | 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. '' | + | :'' <span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">“Some bookstores are organized, more gallery than shop. '' |
− | :'' Some are sterile, reserved for only the new and untouched. But not this one. '' | + | :'' <span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">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, '' | + | :'' <span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">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.” '' | + | :'' <span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">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 '''<br> | | 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.” '' | + | :'' <span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">“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 '''<br> | | 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.” '' | + | :'' <span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">“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''' <br> | | 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. '' | + | :'' <span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">“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. '' | + | :'' <span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">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, '' | + | :'' <span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">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.” '' | + | :'' <span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">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 '''<br> | | 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?” '' | + | :'' <span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">“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 '''<br> | | 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, '' | + | :'' <span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">“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. '' | + | :'' <span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack. '' |
− | :'' Besides, in this random miscellaneous company we may rub against some complete stranger '' | + | :'' <span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">Besides, in this random miscellaneous company we may rub against some complete stranger '' |
− | :'' who will, with luck, turn into the best friend we have in the world.” '' | + | :'' <span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">who will, with luck, turn into the best friend we have in the world.” '' |
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| class="title" | '''<span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;"> ~ Isabella Beeton, The Book of Household Management '''<br> | | 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; '' | + | :'' <span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">“Thousands have lived without a knowledge of tea and coffee; '' |
− | :'' and daily experience teaches us that, under certain circumstances, '' | + | :'' <span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">and daily experience teaches us that, under certain circumstances, '' |
− | :'' they may be dispensed with without disadvantage to the merely animal functions; '' | + | :'' <span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">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.” '' | + | :'' <span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">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 '''<br> | | 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. '' | + | :'' <span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">“Want coffee?" I asked, as I headed that way. '' |
− | :'' "It's three thirty in the morning." '' | + | :'' <span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">"It's three thirty in the morning." '' |
− | :'' "Okay. Want coffee?” '' | + | :'' <span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">"Okay. Want coffee?” '' |
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| class="title" | '''<span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;"> ~ Carlos Ruiz Zafón ''' <br> | | 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 '' | + | :'' <span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">“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. '' | + | :'' <span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">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.” '' | + | :'' <span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">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 ''' <br> | | 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 '' | + | :'' <span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">“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; '' | + | :'' <span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">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.” '' | + | :'' <span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">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 '''<br> | | 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 '' | + | :'' <span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">“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. '' | + | :'' <span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">well-educated, the complicated, the people who read books with captivating titles. '' |
− | :'' A perfect place to ignore and be ignored. She found the anonymity delicious.” '' | + | :'' <span style="color:#000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">A perfect place to ignore and be ignored. She found the anonymity delicious.” '' |
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