Your second-hand bookseller is second to none in the worth of the treasures he dispenses.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.
I love bookstores and booksellers. In my novel 'Dirty Martini,' I thanked over 3,000 booksellers by name in the back matter.
The best booksellers are like trustworthy pushers: Whatever they're dealing, you take it.
So, in effect, my first sale was actually two books.
The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.
The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most.
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
If the books are selling, the money will follow.
The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it.
Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have left me.