Slaughterhouse 5 in the Bookshop

 “My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.” ~Patricia Highsmith

The Blade Artist in the Bookshop

"Nearly all bookish people are snobs, and especially the more enlightened among them. They are apt to assume that if a writer has immense circulation, if he is enjoyed by plain persons, and if he can fill several theatres at once, he cannot possibly be worth reading and merits only indifference and disdain." - Arnold Bennett