The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks Quotes

“There wasn’t a Black author on the New York Times bestseller list until 1970. By running the bookstore the way he does, Ralph is keeping it very, very white.”
― Shauna Robinson, The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

“There is an enveloping warmth caused by knowing your best friend believes in you.”
― Shauna Robinson, The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

“Rochelle was a firm believer that books were the answer to everything—a belief that has never rubbed off on me, no matter how many novels she’s gifted me over the years.”
― Shauna Robinson, The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

“There was something magical about possibility. It makes everything fluttery and light and so wonderfully possible.”
― Shauna Robinson, The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

“I wasn't an aimless wanderer who gave in to easily to distraction. I was driven. I had purpose. It was just a purpose that didn't fit the mold of what people expected.”
― Shauna Robinson, The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

“I changed tactics and moved on to Plans B through F: Find something—or a combination of somethings—that paid enough for me to rent a place of my own. Dog walker, Lyft driver, waitress, cashier, sales specialist at a fancy spa. I drifted from job to job, finding that the fun ones didn’t pay enough, and the ones that did pay enough weren’t any fun.”
― Shauna Robinson, The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

“There must, undoubtedly, be an endless supply of unique and bizarre books to suit every reader’s interests.”
― Shauna Robinson, The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

“In this corner of ours, we celebrate our favorites, but we have fun with them, too. Because if you can't have fun with what you love, then what's the point?”
― Shauna Robinson, The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

“Like, if the books I liked had been assigned in school, I might have actually gotten into reading. Being forced to read Hamlet and The Great Gatsby and having to analyze everything to death made me hate the concept of literature. Finding meaning in an eyeball and then patting yourself on the back just didn’t make sense to me.”
― Shauna Robinson, The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

“Adventure, that’s what it was. Not a plan. Plans were malleable, less certain. They were made with the understanding that nothing was definite.”
― Shauna Robinson, The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

“guess I hate that I’ve had to stumble upon it myself. Like, if the books I liked had been assigned in school, I might have actually gotten into reading. Being forced to read Hamlet and The Great Gatsby and having to analyze everything to death made me hate the concept of literature.”
― Shauna Robinson, The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

“I wish I were capable of being excited about a job, but that's never been the case for me. I have to scrounge for something to like, something that has nothing to do with the job itself. It always makes me feel broken, because I don't think it's like that for everyone.”
― Shauna Robinson, The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks