«Blessed is he who sows books,
books by handfuls, and tells people to think;
A book falling into one's soul is a germ that makes the palm,
it's rain that makes the sea. » - Castro Alves
«Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.» - G. K....
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«Blessed is he who sows books,
books by handfuls, and tells people to think;
A book falling into one's soul is a germ that makes the palm,
it's rain that makes the sea. » - Castro Alves
«Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.» - G. K. Chesterton
«For him that stealeth a Book, let it change into a serpent in his hand and rend him. Let him be struck with palsey, and all his Members blasted. Let him languish in Pain crying aloud for Mercy and let there be no sur-cease to his Agony till he sink in Dissolution. Let Bookworms gnaw his entrails in token of the worm that dieth not, and when at last he goeth to his final Punishment, let the flames of Hell consume him for ever and aye.» - Curse against Book Stealers, Monastery of San Pedro, Barcelona
«A strong, bitter illness from the book remains sunk in the soul. What ties you to that heavy block of paper, to the printed and the feelings of dead men? Wouldn’t it be better, more noble and courageous, leave the trash where it is and go out to the world… as a free, unshy and analphabet superman?» - Solomon Eagle, “Moving a Library”
« THIS IS A
BOOK-SHOP
o
Cross-roads of civilization
Refuge Of All The Arts
Against the ravages of time
Armoury of fearless truth
Against whispering rumour
Incessant trumpet of trade
o
From this place WORDS may fly abroad
Not to perish as digital waves but fixed in time
Not corrupted by the hurrying hand but verified in proof
Friend, You stand on sacred ground:
THIS IS A BOOK-SHOP » - The Albion Beatnik bookstore, Oxford
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