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36 Reasons Why We Will Miss Bookstores

Bookstores, in case you haven't been in one recently, are perfectly lovely.

1. They are hilariously passive-aggressive.

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5. They are literal-minded.

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9. They have an endearingly idiosyncratic way of classifying things.

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16. They are (sometimes painfully) honest.

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19. They give great life advice.

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22. They are practical.

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27. They are, occasionally, vindictive.

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30. They are (sometimes overly) familiar with the greats.

31. They have a keen sense of irony.

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33. And an eye for the big picture.

34. They delight in the perverse.

35. Often, they are quietly wonderful.

36. And they will not go quietly into this good night.