“What I say is, a town isn’t a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it’s got a bookstore, it knows it’s not foolin’ a soul.”
“A town without a bookshop is a town without a soul.”
“Hell isn’t some fiery pit “down there.” It’s right here on Earth, in every dirty city, every yawning town.”
“Living in a small town...is like living in a large family of rather uncongenial relations. Sometimes it’s fun, and sometimes it’s perfectly awful, but it’s always good for you. People in large towns are like only-children.”
“It isn’t about being at the same school or the same town or even the same room. It’s about being together. Love is a choice you make.”
“Naodyma isn’t exactly a one-temple town, you know.”