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There is nothing quite so alive as a book that has been well loved. —Ashlyn Greer, The Care & Feeding of Old Books
In this life, there are losses that can never be anticipated. Grief that comes at you out of the darkness. Blows that land so swiftly and deftly that there’s simply no way to prepare for them. But sometimes you do see the blow coming. You see it and you stand there and let it knock you down. And later—years later—you’re still asking yourself how you could have been such a fool.
Like people, it is the books with the most scars that have lived the fullest lies. Faded, creased, dusty, broken. These have the best stories to tell, the wisest counsel to offer.
Books may be likened to the people who come into our lives. Some will become precious to us; others will be set aside. The key is to discern which is which.
In the happiest times of my life, I have reached for my books. In the saddest times of my life, my books have reached back.
The number of lives we are capable of living is limited only by the number of books we choose to read.
