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“I believe that within every great reader there are multitudes of people, and you have to open yourself to all of them. I love British chick lit and I love Proust. Don’t judge yourself! There are so many kinds of writing that are great but bear no relation to each other. ‘A Book of Memories’ by Peter Nadas is like climbing a mountain. ‘Cutting for Stone’ is like going down a waterslide.” —Sarah McNally, owner of McNally Jackson Books in NYC as quoted in the New York Times profile. (Word to the wise: follow the bookstore’s Tumblr.) (Photo by Deirdre Schoo for The New York Times)

“I believe that within every great reader there are multitudes of people, and you have to open yourself to all of them. I love British chick lit and I love Proust. Don’t judge yourself! There are so many kinds of writing that are great but bear no relation to each other. ‘A Book of Memories’ by Peter Nadas is like climbing a mountain. ‘Cutting for Stone’ is like going down a waterslide.”

—Sarah McNally, owner of McNally Jackson Books in NYC as quoted in the New York Times profile. (Word to the wise: follow the bookstore’s Tumblr.)

(Photo by Deirdre Schoo for The New York Times)

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    omg who is this woman. i want to be her. especially if i get to wear those boots and sit in that chair.
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