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Occasional Madness: Things I Overheard in the Bookstore Today: Collected Edition

Overheard at the bookstore coffee bar: “These frozen drinks would be sooo much better if they weren’t so cold. I mean, what’s up with that?”

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Octogenarian Lady #1: ”The Sexiest Vampire?”

Octogenerian Lady 2: ”No, I have that one. Do they have Vampiric Seduction or whatever it’s…

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booksdirect:

“I cannot sleep unless surrounded by books.” - Jorge Luis Borges

Flickr / oddlittlebird-

artcollage:

Literature versus traffic in Melbourne via Luzinterruptus

iamquietlyreading:

never a reason to leave

wasbella102

girlthatreads:

Street by Mark Porbst

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Anyone who dislikes reading because it is compulsory has usually never picked up a book to read purely out of enjoyment. If reading teachers simply make their students read and fail to help those same students bring a work to life, those teachers need to seek other forms of employment. There are enough people in the world who think reading is merely a requirement.

TBV

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cheerypits

Everybody hates me because I’m so universally liked.

Peter De Vries

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bookriot:

Hide your credit cards, and muster up your will power. Book Fetish is back!

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Don’t gobblefunk around with words.

Roald Dahl; The BFG

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I remember this time four years ago when Wallace died. The buzz about his death was tremendous. I had only read a few of his short stories at that time and intended to buy a copy of Infinite Jest. I bought Broom in the System instead, read it, and then purchased Infinite Jest and everything else he’d written. He will be missed.