The books of our childhood offer a vivid door to our own pasts, and not necessarily for the stories we read there, but for the memories of where we were and who we were when we were reading them; to… — Lewis Buzbee Copy Share Image
“November, a dark, rainy Tuesday afternoon. This is my ideal time to be in a bookstore. The shortened light of the afternoon and the… — Lewis Buzbee Copy Share
The books of our childhood offer a vivid door to our own pasts, and not necessarily for the stories we read there, but for… — Lewis Buzbee Copy Share
Books connect us with others, but that connection is created in solitude, one reader in one chair hearing one writer, what John Irving refers… — Lewis Buzbee Copy Share
“It is with the common book that most readers will spend their head-tilted hours.” — Lewis Buzbee Copy Share
I've had many more thousands of books in my possession than my shelves at home would indicate. At one time, I tried to keep… — Lewis Buzbee Copy Share
If you read one book a week, starting at the age of 5, and live to be 80, you will have read a grand… — Lewis Buzbee Copy Share
"It’s not as if I don’t have anything to read; there’s a tower of perfectly good unread books next to my bed, not to… — Lewis Buzbee Copy Share
Rereading a favorite novel first read 5, 10, or 20 years ago, is a measure of our travel, how far we've come; it's a… — Lewis Buzbee Copy Share
“For the last several days I've had the sudden and general urge to buy a new book. I've stopped off at a few bookstores… — Lewis Buzbee Copy Share
The book is a uniquely durable object, one that can be fully enjoyed without being damaged. A book doesn't require fuel, food, or service;… — Lewis Buzbee Copy Share
A bran' new book is a beautiful thing, all promise and fresh pages, the neatly squared spine, the brisk sense of a journey beginning.… — Lewis Buzbee Copy Share
Books are slow. They require time; they are written slowly, published slowly, and read slowly. — Lewis Buzbee Copy Share
