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 a well-worn book also has its pleasures, the soft caress and give of the paper's edges, the comfort, like an old shawl, of an oft-read story.
Lewis BuzbeeWatching a scene from a film in slow motion is possible, but thereโs an unreal air to it; reading a passage from a book slowly does nothing to rob the words of their power. A film presents images; a book creates images inside the reader, with the readerโs active participation. Books are good for your brain.
Lewis BuzbeeIf you read one book a week, starting at the age of 5, and live to be 80, you will have read a grand total of 3,900 books, a little over one-tenth of 1 percent of the books currently in print.
Lewis Buzbeeโ"Itโs not as if I donโt have anything to read; thereโs a tower of perfectly good unread books next to my bed, not to mention the shelves of books in the living room Iโve been meaning to reread. I find myself, maddeningly, hungry for the next one, as yet unknown. I no longer try to analyze this hunger; I capitulated long ago to the book lust thatโs afflicted me most of my life.
Lewis Buzbee