what no one tells you is that you don’t have to abandon your joys and enthusiasms as you get older, you can simply burrow down into them, growing ever more niche and strange, like a swallow in her nest of grass.

you should get a certain number of “reading days” per year along with your allotted sick days, so that you can phone your boss and say “I can’t come in to work today, I’m reading in bed” and then you spend the day reading in bed

you should get a certain number of “reading days” per year along with your allotted sick days, so that you can phone your boss and say “I can’t come in to work today, I’m reading in bed” and then you spend the day reading in bed

More pictures of the Dujiangyan bookshop... the store features a play area for children with bamboo shelves, and strategically placed mirrors that create an illusion of infinite books.

The Dujiangyan Zhongshuge bookshop in Chengdu, China, established in 2020, is a masterpiece of modern surrealism.