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Christopher Morley, The Haunted Bookshop Quotes: Living in a bookshop is like living in a warehouse of explosives. Those shelves are ranked with the most furious combustibles in the world--the brains of men.
         

Living in a bookshop is like living in a warehouse of explosives. Those shelves are ranked with the most furious combustibles in the world--the brains of men.


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Living in a bookshop is like living in a warehouse of explosives. Those shelves are ranked with the most furious combustibles in the world--the brains of men.
         



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This page presents the quote "Living in a bookshop is like living in a warehouse of explosives. Those shelves are ranked with the most furious combustibles in the world--the brains of men.". Author of this quote is Christopher Morley, The Haunted Bookshop. This quote is about bookshop, men, mind, ideas, minds, brain, bookshops, books, mankind,.