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. —Ashlyn Greer, The Care & Feeding of Old Books
Is this supposed to say “lives” or, as it already does, “lies”?
I would think the sentence makes more sense to complete the metaphor of of living with a life-based word: “have lived the fullest lives.” However, in regard to the stories Ashlyn is reading, the word”lies” could apply; it just wouldn’t make sense in a book she’s written in regard to the care of books.
