"Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you’re there."
- Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
"What are you looking for in a typewriter?” The salesman asked.
“Something more than words,” I replied. “Crystals. I want to send my readers armloads of crystals, some of which are the colors of orchids and peonies…"
- Still Life with Woodpecker, Tom Robbins
"Bees do have a smell, you know, and if they don’t they should, for their feet are dusted with the spices from a million flowers."
- Ray Bradbury- introduction to Dandelion Wine
So, this is my favorite Phillip K Dick book….I can’t pass when i see a different edition. #books

So, this is my favorite Phillip K Dick book….I can’t pass when i see a different edition. #books

-I am clear enough in the head, he thought. Too clear. I am as clear as the stars that are my brothers. Still I must sleep. Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway

-I am clear enough in the head, he thought. Too clear. I am as clear as the stars that are my brothers. Still I must sleep.

Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway

Girl in a Band–Kim Gordon Q&A and book signing at Powell’s.

Girl in a Band–Kim Gordon Q&A and book signing at Powell’s.

If you have not yet been introduced to Miranda July, go directly to your local, independent bookstore and pick up “No one belongs here more than you”- short stories, AND The First Bad Man-novel. You can send me your thanks telepathically. It was my...

If you have not yet been introduced to Miranda July, go directly to your local, independent bookstore and pick up “No one belongs here more than you”- short stories, AND The First Bad Man-novel. You can send me your thanks telepathically. It was my pleasure and you are welcome.

“God knows it’d be easy enough to stick with the system. And to keep going right up. It’s getting out that takes nerve.” Player Piano- Kurt Vonnegut

“God knows it’d be easy enough to stick with the system. And to keep going right up. It’s getting out that takes nerve.”
Player Piano- Kurt Vonnegut

Why used bookstores will always be better than Barnes & Noble: A Clockwork Orange-1987 edition, found at Powell’s-Cedar Hills Crossing, Beaverton, OR

Why used bookstores will always be better than Barnes & Noble: A Clockwork Orange-1987 edition, found at Powell’s-Cedar Hills Crossing, Beaverton, OR

Why used bookstores will always be better than Barnes & Noble: Utopia 14, also known as Player Piano. 1954 Bantam Giant Edition, found at Kilgore’s- Denver, CO

Why used bookstores will always be better than Barnes & Noble: Utopia 14, also known as Player Piano. 1954 Bantam Giant Edition, found at Kilgore’s- Denver, CO