The Black Swan in the Bookshop

The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

"I do love secondhand books that open to the page some previous owner read oftenest. The day Hazlitt came he opened to "I hate to read new books," and I hollered "Comrade!" to whoever owned it before me." - Helene Hanff, 84, Charing Cross Road

 

Cat Brushing in the Booksop

Cat Brushing by Jane Campbell

"Novelists do not write as birds sing, by the push of nature. It is part of the job that there should be much routine and some daily stuff on the level of carpentry." - William Golding