“If you want to know who the oppressed minorities in America are, simply look at who gets their own shelf in the bookstore. A black shelf, a women's shelf, and a gay shelf.”
“It will soon be difficult to put up a shelf without a degree in shelf putting up.”
“No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot.”
“You ought to get out more. You know, Pérol, we should go out some evening, just you and me. Otherwise, you lose touch with reality. You know what I mean? You lose your sense of reality, and hey presto, you don't know which shelf you left your soul on. The shelf where you put your friends. The shelf where you put your women. Stage right, stage left. Or in the shoebox. You turn around and you find you're stuck in the bottom drawer, with the accessories.”
“Potential has a shelf life.”
“She loved the smell of books, the feel of books, the look of them on the shelf.”