As early as high school, she had realized that few people paid attention to you if you were hidden behind a book.

And I hardly need any help feeling insignificant. I like that sometimes, though. That we're so small that two people can be standing in two different towns, looking up at the very same sky.

For as long as she could remember, she had thought that autumn air went well with books, that the two both somehow belonged with blankets, comfortable armchairs, and big cups of coffee or tea.

It was, in many ways, her dream bookshop. Not least because all the books had already been read.Books that had already been read were the best.

What else was there beside books and work?

Sie ließ die Tür einen Spaltbreit offen stehen, so dass der Geruch von feuchter Herbstluft sich mit dem Duft der Bücher vermischte. Sie hatte immer gefunden, dass Herbstluft und Bücher gut zusammenpassten, dass beide auf irgendeine Weise zu bequemen Sesseln und großen Tassen Kaffee oder Tee gehörten, und niemals wurde ihr das deutlicher als hier in ihrem eigenen Buchladen.

Elle avait pris l’habitude de laisser la porte entrouverte afin que l’air humide de l’automne se mêle au parfum des livres. Elle avait toujours pensé que l’air automnal et les livres allaient bien ensemble, que les uns comme les autres se mariaient bien avec des plaids, des fauteuils confortables et de grandes tasses de café ou de thé.

Los críticos y los planes de estudio deberían rendir cuentas de cómo consiguen que los chavales vean una historia de rebeldía, aventura y chulería como una obligación y deberes para la escuela ¿Entiendes a qué me refiero? El crímen real de estas listas no es que dejen fuera libros que se merecen estar dentro, sino que convierten aventuras fantásticas en deberes

Temo que o meu conceito de terrorismo se tenha formado muito antes do 11 de Setembro. Foram o medo, a arbitrariedade, a violência que afectaram as pessoas indiscriminadamente - incluindo aquelas que diziam que não se queriam envolver ou que não tencionavam lutar contra a segregação racial. Para mim, o terrorismo continua a ser a imagem de homens brancos, membros activos da sociedade, de pé, a olhar para o corpo linchado e queimado de um homem de raça negra, felizes com o seu trabalho.

Il était ennuyeux de considérer des livres comme des lectures incontournables au motif que d’autres les avaient lus