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Read Quotes by 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 them…
- 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 way…
- Books are slow. They require time; they are written slowly, published slowly, and read slowly.
- 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; it…
- 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…
- "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 mention…
- If you read one book a week, starting at the age of 5, and live to be 80, you will have read a grand total…
- A bran' new book is a beautiful thing, all promise and fresh pages, the neatly squared spine, the brisk sense of a journey beginning. But…
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