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 remember a book is to remember the child who read that book.
Lewis BuzbeeBooks, I knew then and now, give body to our ideas and imaginations, make them flesh in the world; a bookstore is the city where our fleshed-out inner selves reside.
Lewis BuzbeeMaturity and experience shouldn't stop one from craving silly things like sliding down bannisters.
Lewis BuzbeeThe bookstore and the coffeehouse are natural allies; Neither has a time limit, slowness is encouraged.
Lewis BuzbeeI'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 all, but that quest soon became impossible; I now only keep the ones I'm sure I'm going to reread, the ones I'm definitely going to read before I die, and the ones I can't bear to part with because of an aesthetic or emotional attachment.
Lewis Buzbee