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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-buzbee/the-books-of-our-childhood-offer-a-vivid-door-to-our-own-pasts-and/)

[Lewis Buzbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-buzbee/)

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## More by Lewis Buzbee

> [“November, a dark, rainy Tuesday afternoon. This is my ideal time to be in a bookstore. The shortened light of the afternoon and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-buzbee/november-a-dark-rainy-tuesday-afternoon-this-is-my-ideal-time-to-be/)

[Lewis Buzbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-buzbee/)

> [How do you press a wildflower into the pages of an e-book?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-buzbee/how-do-you-press-a-wildflower-into-the-pages-of-an-e-book/)

[Lewis Buzbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-buzbee/)

> [The books of our childhood offer a vivid door to our own pasts, and not necessarily for the stories we read there, but for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-buzbee/the-books-of-our-childhood-offer-a-vivid-door-to-our-own-pasts-and/)

[Lewis Buzbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-buzbee/)

> [Books were in the world; the world was in books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-buzbee/books-were-in-the-world-the-world-was-in-books/)

[Lewis Buzbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-buzbee/)

> [Books connect us with others, but that connection is created in solitude, one reader in one chair hearing one writer, what John Irving refers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-buzbee/books-connect-us-with-others-but-that-connection-is-created-in/)

[Lewis Buzbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-buzbee/)

> [“It is with the common book that most readers will spend their head-tilted hours.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-buzbee/it-is-with-the-common-book-that-most-readers-will-spend-their-head/)

[Lewis Buzbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-buzbee/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-buzbee/i-ve-had-many-more-thousands-of-books-in-my-possession-than-my/)

[Lewis Buzbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-buzbee/)

> [If you read one book a week, starting at the age of 5, and live to be 80, you will have read a grand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-buzbee/if-you-read-one-book-a-week-starting-at-the-age-of-5-and-live-to-be/)

[Lewis Buzbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-buzbee/)

> [I am fatally attracted to all bookstores.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-buzbee/i-am-fatally-attracted-to-all-bookstores/)

[Lewis Buzbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-buzbee/)

> ["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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-buzbee/it-s-not-as-if-i-don-t-have-anything-to-read-there-s-a-tower-of/)

[Lewis Buzbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-buzbee/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-buzbee/rereading-a-favorite-novel-first-read-5-10-or-20-years-ago-is-a/)

[Lewis Buzbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-buzbee/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-buzbee/for-the-last-several-days-i-ve-had-the-sudden-and-general-urge-to-buy/)

[Lewis Buzbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-buzbee/)

> [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;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-buzbee/the-book-is-a-uniquely-durable-object-one-that-can-be-fully-enjoyed/)

[Lewis Buzbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-buzbee/)

> [A bran' new book is a beautiful thing, all promise and fresh pages, the neatly squared spine, the brisk sense of a journey beginning.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-buzbee/a-bran-new-book-is-a-beautiful-thing-all-promise-and-fresh-pages-the/)

[Lewis Buzbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-buzbee/)

> [Books are slow. They require time; they are written slowly, published slowly, and read slowly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-buzbee/books-are-slow-they-require-time-they-are-written-slowly-published/)

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