Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library: 10,000. Average number of books in a chain bookstore: 30,000. Books in an average neighborhood branch library: 20,000.

Quote by Anthony Burgess

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One of the delights known to age, and beyond the grasp of youth, is that...

One of the delights known to age, and beyond the grasp of youth, is that...

The unconscious mind has a habit of asserting itself in the afternoon.

The unconscious mind has a habit of asserting itself in the afternoon.

The downtrodden are the great creators of slang.

The downtrodden are the great creators of slang.

Women thrive on novelty and are easy meat for the commerce of fashion. Men prefer...

Women thrive on novelty and are easy meat for the commerce of fashion. Men prefer...

Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library:...

Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library:...

To write is to become disinterested. There is a certain renunciation in art.

To write is to become disinterested. There is a certain renunciation in art.

Life is a wretched gray Saturday, but it has to be lived through.

Life is a wretched gray Saturday, but it has to be lived through.

To write is to become disinterested. There is a certain renunciation in art.

To write is to become disinterested. There is a certain renunciation in art.

Violence among young people is an aspect of their desire to create. They don't know...

Violence among young people is an aspect of their desire to create. They don't know...

Americans will listen, but they do not care to read. War and Peace must wait...

Americans will listen, but they do not care to read. War and Peace must wait...

He said it was artificial respiration, but now I find I am to have his...

He said it was artificial respiration, but now I find I am to have his...

I didn't think; I experimented.

I didn't think; I experimented.

The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it.

The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it.

I must say that acting was good training for the political life that lay ahead...

I must say that acting was good training for the political life that lay ahead...

We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation.

We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation.

Every dogma has its day.

Every dogma has its day.

Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.

Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.

A novelist should not be too intelligent either, although... he may be permitted to be...

A novelist should not be too intelligent either, although... he may be permitted to be...

Bath twice a day to be really clean, once a day to be passably clean,...

Bath twice a day to be really clean, once a day to be passably clean,...

The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent, experimentation....

The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent, experimentation....