Helene Hanff citations

Helene Hanff, née le 15 avril 1916 à Philadelphie et morte le 9 avril 1997 à New York, est une écrivaine américaine.

Auteur de pièces de théâtre, elle a également écrit des scénarios pour la télévision. Wikipedia

✵ 15. avril 1916 – 9. avril 1997  •  Autres noms هلن هانف

Helene Hanff: 10 citations0 J'aime

Helene Hanff: Citations en anglais

“I do love secondhand books that open to the page some previous owner read oftenest. The day Hazlitt came he opened to "I hate to read new books," and I hollered "Comrade!" to whoever owned it before me.”

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Helene Hanff livre 84, Charing Cross Road

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“I love inscriptions on flyleaves and notes in margins, I like the comradely sense of turning pages someone else turned, and reading passages someone long gone has called my attention to.”

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Helene Hanff livre 84, Charing Cross Road

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

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Source: Q's Legacy: A Delightful Account of a Lifelong Love Affair with Books

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

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Helene Hanff livre 84, Charing Cross Road

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

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Helene Hanff livre 84, Charing Cross Road

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“It looks too new and pristine ever to have been read by anyone else, but it has been: it keeps falling open at the most delightful places as the ghost of its former owner points me to things I've never read before.”

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Helene Hanff livre 84, Charing Cross Road

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

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Helene Hanff livre 84, Charing Cross Road

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“i am going to bed. i will have nightmares involving huge monsters in academic robes carrying long bloody butcher knives labeled Excerpt, Selection, Passage, and Abridged.”

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Helene Hanff livre 84, Charing Cross Road

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

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Helene Hanff livre 84, Charing Cross Road

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“I don't browse in bookshops, I browse in libraries, where you can take a book home and read it, and if you like it you go to a bookshop and buy it.”

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Helene Hanff livre 84, Charing Cross Road

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