Bookshop Memories Quotes

“Many of the people who came to us were of the kind who would be a nuisance anywhere but have special opportunities in a bookshop”
― George Orwell, Bookshop Memories

“Given a good pitch and the right amount of capital, any educated person ought to be able to make a small secure living out of a bookshop”
― George Orwell, Bookshop Memories

“there are two well-known types of pest by whom every second-hand bookshop is haunted. One is the decayed person smelling of old breadcrusts who comes every day, sometimes several times a day, and tries to sell you worthless books. The other is the person who orders large quantities of books for which he has not the smallest intention of paying.”
― George Orwell, Bookshop Memories

“there are always plenty of not quite certifiable lunatics walking the streets, and they tend to gravitate towards bookshops, because a bookshop is one of the few places where you can hang about for a long time without spending any money. In the end one gets to know these people almost at a glance. For all their big talk there is something moth-eaten and aimless about them.”
― George Orwell, Bookshop Memories