“You can shop online and find whatever you’re looking for, but bookstores are where you find what you weren’t looking for.
- Paul Krugman”
— (via scribnerbooks)
A true bibliophile feels the weight of a love of books. It's a heaviness in your heart when you turn the last page and it's a heaviness in your arms when you are browsing the shelves of a book store or a library. It's not a burden. It's just a reminder of how much you are willing to carry for your love of books.
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“You can shop online and find whatever you’re looking for, but bookstores are where you find what you weren’t looking for.
“This is just to say” by William Carlos Williams
Thank God for Matthew McFayden’s voice! It’s like caramel! Butterscotch! Anything delicious and smooth.
I love Agatha Christie and I love the dust jackets that covered the old editions of her novels. A lovely blend of bright colours and corpses.
Tove Jansson (1914-2001) was a Swedish speaking Finnish author best recognized for her children’s book series featuring the Moomins, a family of friendly trolls.
“One summer morning at sunrise a long time ago
I met a little girl with a book under her arm.
I asked her why she was out so early and
she answered that there were too many books and
far too little time. And there she was absolutely right.”
— Tove Jansson (via doubledaybooks)
In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.
~ Mark Twain
(via teachingliteracy)
![aaknopf:
iheartclassics:
“Yes, I know most of you just grab the book and open the cover, but this is about respect, people! Follow protocol, and your reading experience will be technically enjoyable.”Lol.
maloriebrooke:
I just loved this. We must care for the things we cherish. :)
“[A book] needs gentle treatment, much the same as a machine needs lubricating.”](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsjctuNAcl1qaconyo1_500.jpg)
“Yes, I know most of you just grab the book and open the cover, but this is about respect, people! Follow protocol, and your reading experience will be technically enjoyable.”
Lol.I just loved this. We must care for the things we cherish. :)
“[A book] needs gentle treatment, much the same as a machine needs lubricating.”
penguincubator vending machine, 1920s
!!!!!!!
I can’t even. Hey History Channel—can you send out your finest scavengers to track down one of these for us? American Pickers, Pawn Stars, any of those guys will do.
A lovely Book Week poster from 1924, designed by Jesse Wilcox Smith, who illustrated many children’s books. (via bookorithms)
(via teachingliteracy)
