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Helene Hanff quotes: I houseclean my books every spring and throw out those I'm never going to read again like I throw out clothes I'm never going to wear again.

I houseclean my books every spring and throw out those I'm never going to read again like I throw out clothes I'm never going to wear again.

Helene Hanff quotes: I've been sitting on the edge of the bed for an hour in a complete daze. I told him if I die tonight I'll die happy, it's all here, everything's

I've been sitting on the edge of the bed for an hour in a complete daze. I told him if I die tonight I'll die happy, it's all here, everything's here.

Helene Hanff quotes: History, as they say, is alive and well and living in London.

History, as they say, is alive and well and living in London.

Helene Hanff quotes: Why is it that people who wouldn't dream of stealing anything else think it's perfectly all right to steal books?

Why is it that people who wouldn't dream of stealing anything else think it's perfectly all right to steal books?

Helene Hanff quotes: I love him to death, there's an Edwardian finishing touch to everything he does.

I love him to death, there's an Edwardian finishing touch to everything he does.

Helene Hanff quotes: Talent is the infinite capacity for taking pains. Genius is the infinite capacity for achievement without taking any pains at all.

Talent is the infinite capacity for taking pains. Genius is the infinite capacity for achievement without taking any pains at all.

Helene Hanff quotes: Standing there, staring at the long shelves crammed with books, I felt myself relax and was suddenly at peace.

Standing there, staring at the long shelves crammed with books, I felt myself relax and was suddenly at peace.

Helene Hanff quotes: It's against my principles to buy a book I haven't read, it's like buying a dress you haven't tried on.

It's against my principles to buy a book I haven't read, it's like buying a dress you haven't tried on.

Helene Hanff quotes: And for at least that moment, I wouldn't have traded the hundreds of books I've read for the few I know almost by heart.

And for at least that moment, I wouldn't have traded the hundreds of books I've read for the few I know almost by heart.

Helene Hanff quotes: All my life I've wanted to see London. [ ... ] I wanted to see London the way old people want to see home before they die.

All my life I've wanted to see London. [ ... ] I wanted to see London the way old people want to see home before they die.

Helene Hanff quotes: Hollywood isn't a place, it's a way of life.

Hollywood isn't a place, it's a way of life.

Helene Hanff quotes: I never overcame my conviction that writing for commercial television was a kind of prostitution.

I never overcame my conviction that writing for commercial television was a kind of prostitution.

Helene Hanff quotes: If you happen to pass by 84 Charing Cross Road, kiss it for me? I owe it so much.

If you happen to pass by 84 Charing Cross Road, kiss it for me? I owe it so much.

Helene Hanff quotes: Buying a book you've never read is like buying a dress you've never tried on

Buying a book you've never read is like buying a dress you've never tried on

Helene Hanff quotes: What fortune teller would ever have had the nerve to predict that the best years of my life would turn out to be my old age?

What fortune teller would ever have had the nerve to predict that the best years of my life would turn out to be my old age?

Helene Hanff quotes: I personally can't think of anything less sacrosanct than a bad book or even a mediocre book.

I personally can't think of anything less sacrosanct than a bad book or even a mediocre book.