"The first thing I do in any..." - Quote by Robert Frost
The first thing I do in any town I come to is ask if it has a bookstore.
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“O, let my books be then the eloquenceAnd dumb presagers of my speaking breast,Who plead for love, and look for recompense,More than that tongue that more hath more expressed.”
“Heroine: girl who is perfectly charming to live with, in a book.”
“I have depended on books not only for pleasure and for the wisdom they bring to all who read, but also for that knowledge which comes to others through their eyes and their ears.”
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“I'm sure most parents read to their children to explain what certain things mean. So books are a good way to convey a message to anybody. Everybody reads.”
“Out in the world not much happened. But here in the special night, a land bricked with paper and leather anything might happen, always did.”
“Libraries are places that house our dreams, our fantasies, our thirst for adventure.”