“Walking the stacks in a library, dragging your fingers across the spines -- it's hard not to feel the presence of sleeping spirits.”
―
Robin Sloan,
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“After that, the book will fade, the way all books fade in your mind. But I hope you will remember this:A man walking fast down a dark lonely street. Quick steps and hard breathing, all wonder and need. A bell above a door and the tinkle it makes. A clerk and a ladder and warm golden light, and then: the right book exactly, at exactly the right time.” ― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“Your life must be an open city, with all sorts of ways to wander in.” ― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“Neel takes a sharp breath and I know exactly what it means. It means: I have waited my whole life to walk through a secret passage built into a bookshelf.” ― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“He has the strangest expression on his face- the emotional equivalent of 404 PAGE NOT FOUND.” ― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“You know, I'm really starting to think the whole world is just a patchwork quilt of crazy little cults, all with their own secret spaces, their own records, their own rules.” ― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“Here’s a thing I believe about people my age: we are the children of Hogwarts, and more than anything, we just want to be sorted.” ― Robin Sloan, Sourdough
“I've never listened to an audiobook before, and I have to say it's a totally different experience. When you read a book, the story definitely takes place in your head. When you listen, it seems to happen in a little cloud all around it, like a fuzzy knit cap pulled down over your eyes” ― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“All the secrets of the world worth knowing are hiding in plain sight.” ― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“...this is exactly the kind of store that makes you want to buy a book about a teenage wizard. This is the kind of store that makes you want to be a teenage wizard.” ― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“But I kept at it with the help-wanted ads. My standards were sliding swiftly. At first I had insisted I would only work at a company with a mission I believed in. Then I thought maybe it would be fine as long as I was learning something new. After that I decided it just couldn't be evil. Now I was carefully delineating my personal definition of evil.” ― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“Some of them are working hard indeed.""What are they doing?""My boy!" he said, eyebrows raised. As if nothing could be more obvious: "They are reading.” ― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“So I guess you could say Neel owes me a few favors, except that so many favors have passed between us now that they are no longer distinguishable as individual acts, just a bright haze of loyalty. Our friendship is a nebula.” ― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“Have they all bought Kindles? I have one, and I use it most nights. I always imagine the books staring and whispering, Traitor! - but come on, I have a lot of free first chapters to get through.” ― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“If this sounds impressive to you, you’re over thirty.” ― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“Why does the typical adventuring group consist of a wizard, a warrior, and a rogue, anyway? It should really be a wizard, a warrior, and a rich guy. Otherwise who's going to pay for all the swords and spells and hotel rooms?” ― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“The internet: always proving that you're not quite as special as you suspected.” ― Robin Sloan, Sourdough
“He asked <...> Rosemary, why do you love books so much?And I said, Well, I don't know <...> I suppose I love them because they're quiet, and I can take them to the park.” ― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“I have come to believe that food is history of the deepest kind. Everything we eat tells a tale of ingenuity and creation, domination and injustice-and does so more vividly than any other artifact, any other medium.” ― Robin Sloan, Sourdough
“After that, the book will fade, the way all books fade in your mind. But I hope you will remember this:A man walking fast down a dark lonely street. Quick steps and hard breathing, all wonder and need. A bell above a door and the tinkle it makes. A clerk and a ladder and warm golden light, and then: the right book exactly, at exactly the right time.” ― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“Your life must be an open city, with all sorts of ways to wander in.” ― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“Neel takes a sharp breath and I know exactly what it means. It means: I have waited my whole life to walk through a secret passage built into a bookshelf.” ― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“He has the strangest expression on his face- the emotional equivalent of 404 PAGE NOT FOUND.” ― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“You know, I'm really starting to think the whole world is just a patchwork quilt of crazy little cults, all with their own secret spaces, their own records, their own rules.” ― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“Here’s a thing I believe about people my age: we are the children of Hogwarts, and more than anything, we just want to be sorted.” ― Robin Sloan, Sourdough
“I've never listened to an audiobook before, and I have to say it's a totally different experience. When you read a book, the story definitely takes place in your head. When you listen, it seems to happen in a little cloud all around it, like a fuzzy knit cap pulled down over your eyes” ― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“All the secrets of the world worth knowing are hiding in plain sight.” ― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“...this is exactly the kind of store that makes you want to buy a book about a teenage wizard. This is the kind of store that makes you want to be a teenage wizard.” ― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“But I kept at it with the help-wanted ads. My standards were sliding swiftly. At first I had insisted I would only work at a company with a mission I believed in. Then I thought maybe it would be fine as long as I was learning something new. After that I decided it just couldn't be evil. Now I was carefully delineating my personal definition of evil.” ― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“Some of them are working hard indeed.""What are they doing?""My boy!" he said, eyebrows raised. As if nothing could be more obvious: "They are reading.” ― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“So I guess you could say Neel owes me a few favors, except that so many favors have passed between us now that they are no longer distinguishable as individual acts, just a bright haze of loyalty. Our friendship is a nebula.” ― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“Have they all bought Kindles? I have one, and I use it most nights. I always imagine the books staring and whispering, Traitor! - but come on, I have a lot of free first chapters to get through.” ― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“If this sounds impressive to you, you’re over thirty.” ― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“Why does the typical adventuring group consist of a wizard, a warrior, and a rogue, anyway? It should really be a wizard, a warrior, and a rich guy. Otherwise who's going to pay for all the swords and spells and hotel rooms?” ― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“The internet: always proving that you're not quite as special as you suspected.” ― Robin Sloan, Sourdough
“He asked <...> Rosemary, why do you love books so much?And I said, Well, I don't know <...> I suppose I love them because they're quiet, and I can take them to the park.” ― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“I have come to believe that food is history of the deepest kind. Everything we eat tells a tale of ingenuity and creation, domination and injustice-and does so more vividly than any other artifact, any other medium.” ― Robin Sloan, Sourdough
