"The Little Paris Bookshop" Quotes
A literary apothecary sails down the Seine in search of healing and closure for his broken heart.
fiction | 392 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
As a rule, he found, the books that were worth reading were worth reading twice.
A book is both medic and medicine at once. It makes a diagnosis as well as offering therapy. Putting the right novels to the appropriate ailments: that's how I sell books.
A person who has not read a single book has no advantage over a person who cannot read.
Books are like people, in the sense that they'll turn up in your life when you most need them.
A good book is an education of the heart. It enlarges your understanding of the human experience.
Books keep stupidity at bay. And vain hopes. And vain men. They undress you with love, strength, and knowledge. It's love from within.
One must never ask a woman her age or a man his salary. And one must never discuss one's reading matter. It is equally rude to force a book on a person.
People who've had to part from a loved one know that you don't recover by hating but by loving.
I'd rather have a passport full of stamps than a house full of stuff.
Sometimes, carrying on, just carrying on, is the superhuman achievement.
