That's why I call this place the Haunted Bookshop. Haunted by the ghosts of the books I haven't read. - Christopher Morley

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That's why I call this place the Haunted Bookshop. Haunted by the ghosts of the books I haven't read.

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About Christopher Morley

Christopher Morley (5 May 1890 - 28 March 1957) was an American journalist, novelist, poet, and playwright.

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Alternative Names: Christopher Darlington Morley
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is intolerable for a human being to go on doing any task as a penance, under duress. No matter what the work is, one must spiritualize it in some way, shatter the old idea of it into bits and rebuild it nearer to the heart’s desire.
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