Bookshelves Quotes

I have a soft spot for secret passageways, bookshelves that open into silence, staircases that go down into a void, and hidden safes. I even have one myself, but I won`t tell you where. At the other end of the spectrum are statistics which I hate with all my heart.

I flatter myself a terribly liberal New York playwright, but his prose floored me because it was so extreme, ... I found myself asking, `Wow, does this have any value? Does this merit a place on bookshelves?` And I thought, if he could unnerve me so completely, then maybe he`d be a worthwhile subject for drama. Maybe he`d be the kind of figure about whom I could write a parable about free speech that made liberals and conservatives equally nervous.

We`ve seen bookshelves, drawers and open shelving in the islands.

You don`t have these perfectly transparent, simple thoughts. You have thoughts that are all cluttered up, like overused bookshelves.

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.