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Linda Grant quotes: They are books that have been read and read intensely. They are knocked about and shopworn. I would be ashamed of a book whose spine was not broken.

They are books that have been read and read intensely. They are knocked about and shopworn. I would be ashamed of a book whose spine was not broken.

Linda Grant quotes: Marriages last because the people in them want to be married

Marriages last because the people in them want to be married

Linda Grant quotes: It's not the punch you expect that knocks you down.

It's not the punch you expect that knocks you down.

Linda Grant quotes: When I was a child, on Sunday mornings the family would assemble around the blue-leather-covered gramophone to listen to records.

When I was a child, on Sunday mornings the family would assemble around the blue-leather-covered gramophone to listen to records.

Linda Grant quotes: I threw one box in the recycling bin. I'm going to hell, a hell in which eternity is a Kindle with a dead battery.

I threw one box in the recycling bin. I'm going to hell, a hell in which eternity is a Kindle with a dead battery.

Linda Grant quotes: When I was 20 I was immensely proud of the rows of grey-spined Penguin Modern Classics in my bookcase.

When I was 20 I was immensely proud of the rows of grey-spined Penguin Modern Classics in my bookcase.

Linda Grant quotes: There are not enough books here. The sight of the bare shelves shames me. What have I done?

There are not enough books here. The sight of the bare shelves shames me. What have I done?

Linda Grant quotes: When I look at my books I feel like Alice in the closing pages of Wonderland, when the cards all rise up and overwhelm her.

When I look at my books I feel like Alice in the closing pages of Wonderland, when the cards all rise up and overwhelm her.

Linda Grant quotes: I'm not shy, not reclusive, not any of those things, but the idea of a day in front of me when I have nothing to do, is just, oh what

I'm not shy, not reclusive, not any of those things, but the idea of a day in front of me when I have nothing to do, is just, oh what pleasure!

Linda Grant quotes: The relationship with my library on a Kindle feels more intimate, like a shelled animal carrying its home on its back.

The relationship with my library on a Kindle feels more intimate, like a shelled animal carrying its home on its back.

Linda Grant quotes: I was overly-familiar with chairs that flew, with wardrobes that led to snowy woods, and holes in the ground with hobbits in them.

I was overly-familiar with chairs that flew, with wardrobes that led to snowy woods, and holes in the ground with hobbits in them.

Linda Grant quotes: A new dress. Is this all it takes to make a new beginning, this shred of dyed cloth, shaped into the form of a woman's body?

A new dress. Is this all it takes to make a new beginning, this shred of dyed cloth, shaped into the form of a woman's body?

Linda Grant quotes: Revenge is so much more satisfying than regret.

Revenge is so much more satisfying than regret.

Linda Grant quotes: The idea that I was building a library to bequeath to the next generation is one of the greatest fallacies of my life.

The idea that I was building a library to bequeath to the next generation is one of the greatest fallacies of my life.

Linda Grant quotes: Pain itself, as a pure experience, is something different from the anxiety attached to it.

Pain itself, as a pure experience, is something different from the anxiety attached to it.

Linda Grant quotes: How can life end in the middle of the story? Because life always does.

How can life end in the middle of the story? Because life always does.

Linda Grant quotes: The clothes you wear are a metamorphosis. They change you from the outside in.

The clothes you wear are a metamorphosis. They change you from the outside in.

Linda Grant quotes: Lord Malquist and Mr Moon was the literary equivalent of the Wonderbra for intellectually pretentious students of the seventies.

Lord Malquist and Mr Moon was the literary equivalent of the Wonderbra for intellectually pretentious students of the seventies.