Independent Bookstores Quotes:

I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.

- Anna Quindlen

topic: Children, Thinking, People, Independent Bookstores, Decorating

A word after a word after a word is power.

- Margaret Atwood

topic: Inspirational, Life, Reading, Independent Bookstores, Great Writing

Think before you speak. Read before you think.

- Fran Lebowitz

source: Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.222, Vintage

topic: Inspirational, Wisdom, Reading, Independent Bookstores, Daily Living

Don't patronize the chain bookstores. Every time I see some author scheduled to read and sign his books at a chain bookstore, I feel like telling him he's stabbing the independent bookstores in the back.

- Lawrence Ferlinghetti

topic: Book, Independent, Ties, Independent Bookstores

A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.

- David Mitchell

source: David Mitchell (2008). “Cloud Atlas: A Novel”, p.64, Random House

topic: Love, Book, Half, Independent Bookstores

Acknowledgements With grateful thanks to the three least-appreciated and hardest-working proselytizers of the written word: independent bookstores, librarians, and teachers.

- Gail Carriger

topic: Teacher, Grateful, Independent, Independent Bookstores, Grateful Thanks

I wouldn’t have a career if it weren’t for independent bookstores.

- John Green

topic: Independent, Careers, Bookstores, Independent Bookstores

I think it's crazy, crazy that book tours lose so much money. They shouldn't. Book tours should be part of what keeps independent bookstores vibrant and profitable.

- John Green

topic: Crazy, Book, Independent, Independent Bookstores

My first signing was at my hometown independent bookstore and everyone in the world came. It was so nice. My family was there, my parents, everybody I worked with, all my friends. So I had this great first reading with a like hundred people there.

- Sarah Dessen

source: "We heart YA" blog Interview, www.weheartya.com. June 13, 2013.

topic: Nice, Reading, Independent, Independent Bookstores

The only people who have never had a problem with me speaking in their venues are independent bookstores and libraries. Universities and humanities councils have canceled me, but never an independent bookstore.

- Bill Ayers

source: "The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Bill Ayers". Interview with Rachel DeWoskin, therumpus.net. December 1, 2013.

topic: Independent, People, Humanity, Independent Bookstores