Nicholson Baker quote

Printed books usually outlive bookstores and the publishers who brought them out. They sit around, demanding nothing, for decades. That's one of their nicest qualities - their brute persistence.
Nicholson Baker
Nicholson Baker
Nicholson Baker
Born: Jan 7, 1957

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