The Beast and the Bookseller Quotes

“Yes, she did think of the world in terms of where one could read and one could not, and where a book might be damaged or not.”
― Eva Devon, The Beast and the Bookseller

“For they understand books are meant to be surrounded by people and love.”
― Eva Devon, The Beast and the Bookseller

“There are the readers who will treat books as hallowed objects, who are certain to never break the spine, who are very careful to not mark the pages. Some even wear gloves. They use a book knife to open each new page of the book with perfect precision. I admire those readers,”
― Eva Devon, The Beast and the Bookseller

“The scent,” she breathed, transfixed by her own bliss, “of the paper, the leather, the binding—the way the paper feels under my fingertips when I package them and when I put them together and hand them over to someone? I want to believe that they’re going to be cared for, and if they are disheveled at all, I want it to be because of great love.”
― Eva Devon, The Beast and the Bookseller

“So many people saw books only as a sign of wealth and power and not for what they actually were—portals to knowledge and wonder and amazement.”
― Eva Devon, The Beast and the Bookseller

“How had she abandoned the joy that her books had brought her and chosen fear? Because life… Life had pushed it at her. But then she understood. One had to defy reality. Reality would drag one down, wrap one up in chains, and try to swallow one up. One had to fight against that. One had to choose love. One had to choose joy. One had to choose happiness.”
― Eva Devon, The Beast and the Bookseller