Quotes with lore.
Today's line
Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds.
Floor G: Film & TV
Information desk
Staff pick
— Syrio Forel, Game of Thrones Staff pick
— Ripley, Aliens Staff pick
— Father Dougal, Father Ted Staff pick
Mal: What does that make us? Zoe: Big damn heroes, sir. Mal: Ain't we just.
— Mal Reynolds and Zoe, Firefly, "Safe" (2002), Firefly Staff pick
— Oliver (Sons of the Desert), Sons of the Desert
Floor 1: Video Games
Press start
— Cheat code, Doom Press start
— GLaDOS, Portal 2 Press start
When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back!
— Cave Johnson, Portal 2 Press start
— Announcer, Unreal Tournament Press start
— Peppy Hare, Star Fox 64
Floor 2: Books
Shelf pick
— The Cheshire Cat, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Shelf pick
To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.
— Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Shelf pick
Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.
— Victor Frankenstein, Frankenstein Shelf pick
— Dave Bowman, 2001: A Space Odyssey Shelf pick
— Bilbo, The Fellowship of the Ring
Floor 3: Comics & Anime
Fresh off the press
— Bill the Cat, Bloom County Fresh off the press
— Randall Munroe, xkcd Fresh off the press
— xkcd #927, "Standards" (2011), xkcd From the anime corner
I, Lelouch vi Britannia, command you! Now, all of you... Die!
— Lelouch vi Britannia, Code Geass Fresh off the press
— Dream, The Sandman
Floor 4: Signings
From the signings board
— Arthur C. Clarke From the signings board
— Misattributed to Jules Verne From the signings board
— Misattributed to Bill Gates From the signings board
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
— Albert Einstein From the signings board
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.
— Richard Feynman
Behind the ground floor's bead curtain: The Back Room
Opens after midnight. Cult and horror, after dark. Until then, browse the horror shelf.
After hours
We'd better get back, 'cause it'll be dark soon, and they mostly come at night...mostly.
— Newt, Aliens After hours
— Peter Venkman, Ghostbusters After hours
— Barry Burton, Resident Evil
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Listening booth: Moods
Tell Moods how today is going and it finds you a line from film, TV or games.
Aisles: genres
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A few words, and you're back in the scene. Familiar lines from films we keep coming back to.
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Six lines about the moment things stop making sense — and what we do next.
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A name, a motto, a rallying cry. Six ways a few words can change the room.
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