The business of books is the business of life.

- George Whitman

Give what you can, take what you need.

- George Whitman

Be not inhospitable to strangers lest they be angels in disguise.

- George Whitman

All the world is my school and all humanity is my teacher.

- George Whitman

I wanted a bookstore because the book business is the business of life.

- George Whitman