No place like your own bookshelves...
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"Paris makes you feel different. The ordinary you, the you that has to go to work every morning, the you that has to run a household, pay bills, do all of those things--that you is somehow changed into an exciting, artistic, FULLY ALIVE you. That's what Paris does."
- Trains and Lovers, Alexander McCall Smith
"Of all the glorious enchantments of this world--spring, snow, laughter, red roses, dogs, books--love is by far the best."
- Harry's Trees, Jon Cohen
"Monty gasped. No Israelite caught in a sudden manna-shower in mid-desert could have felt a greater mixture of surprise and gratification."
- Heavy Weather, P.G. Wodehouse
"For a moment she'd feared that Herminia Treaumont was one of those uncouth souls who didn't appreciate that a well-used copy of Little Women was essential to an education."
- The Awakening of Miss Prim, Natalia Sanmartin Fenollera
"Whatever the benefits of the internet for information gathering it will rarely provide the serendipity of a library shelf."
- Reading Allowed, Chris Paling
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