Jen Campbell Quotes

CUSTOMER: If I were to, say... meet the love of my life in this bookshop, what section do you think they would be standing in?

Bookshop Customer: 'Who wrote the bible?'
Customer's friend: 'Jesus.

Although I was always a keen library user, buying books was a different order of bliss, because I would get to live with these ones.
(A Chat with Emma Donoghue)

Perhaps that is the best way to say it: printed books are magical, and real bookshops keep that magic alive.

They are a brilliant device for shape-shifting as we can slip into the skin of authors from other times, other cultural backgrounds, brilliant minds who give us a new perspective on life and the world - something we all need from time to time. - Cornelia Funke

CUSTOMER: I don’t know why she wants it, but my wife asked for a copy of The Dinosaur Cookbook.

BOOKSELLER: The Dinah Shore Cookbook?

CUSTOMER (to her friend): What's this literary criticism section? Is it for books that complain about other books?