We're competing with everything: the beach, the mall, bookstores. Libraries are in a transition right now, caught between two forces, the old ways and technology. Libraries are under a lot of pressure to provide both.

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This is a feminist bookstore. There is no humor section.

This is a feminist bookstore. There is no humor section.

Sex is like air; it's not important unless you aren't getting any

Sex is like air; it's not important unless you aren't getting any

Laughter and orgasm are great bedfellows

Laughter and orgasm are great bedfellows

Laughter and orgasm are great bedfellows.

Laughter and orgasm are great bedfellows.

At first, I only laughed at myself. Then I noticed that life itself is amusing....

At first, I only laughed at myself. Then I noticed that life itself is amusing....

Fierce for the right, he bore his part in strife with many a valiant foe;...

Fierce for the right, he bore his part in strife with many a valiant foe;...

The tears that you spill, the sorrowful, are sweeter than the laughter of snobs and...

The tears that you spill, the sorrowful, are sweeter than the laughter of snobs and...

Laughter would be bereaved if snobbery died.

Laughter would be bereaved if snobbery died.

He who laughs last has not yet heard the bad news.

He who laughs last has not yet heard the bad news.

The muffled thunder of dialogue comes through the walls, then a chorus of laughter. Then...

The muffled thunder of dialogue comes through the walls, then a chorus of laughter. Then...

Laughter need not be cut out of anything, since it improves everything.

Laughter need not be cut out of anything, since it improves everything.

One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure...

One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure...

To awaken each morning with a smile brightening my face; to greet the day with...

To awaken each morning with a smile brightening my face; to greet the day with...

If we come to the point of retaining a sense of a proportion in the...

If we come to the point of retaining a sense of a proportion in the...

Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of...

Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of...

It is cheerful to God when you rejoice or laugh from the bottom of your...

It is cheerful to God when you rejoice or laugh from the bottom of your...

The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in...

The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in...

We look before and after, And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter With...

We look before and after, And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter With...

The man who cannot laugh is not only fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils; but...

The man who cannot laugh is not only fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils; but...

You can forgive people who do not follow you through a philosophical disquisition; but to...

You can forgive people who do not follow you through a philosophical disquisition; but to...