Angle of Repose in the Bookshop

"How well I know what I mean to do

When the long dark Autumn evenings come,

And where, my soul, is thy pleasant hue?

With the music of all thy voices, dumb

In life’s November too!

I shall be found by the fire, suppose,

O’er a great wise book as beseemeth age,

While the shutters flap as the cross-wind blows,

And I turn the page, and I turn the page,

Not verse now, only prose!" - Robert Browning

The Report from Iron Mountain in the Bookshop

"Aziraphale collected books. If he were totally honest with himself he would have to have admitted that his bookshop was simply somewhere to store them. He was not unusual in this. In order to maintain his cover as a typical second-hand book seller, he used every means short of actual physical violence to prevent customers from making a purchase. Unpleasant damp smells, glowering looks, erratic opening hours - he was incredibly good at it." - Terry Pratchett, Good Omens

New Acquisitions in the Bookshop

"And I despise your books, I despise wisdom and the blessings of this world. It is all worthless, fleeting, illusory, and deceptive, like a mirage. You may be proud, wise, and fine, but death will wipe you off the face of the earth as though you were no more than mice burrowing under the floor, and your posterity, your history, your immortal geniuses will burn or freeze together with the earthly globe." - Anton Chekhov