The Echo of Old Books

by Barbara Davis

There is nothing quite so alive as a book that has been well loved. —

There’s nothing more personal than a book, especially one that’s become an important part of someone’s life.”

Where is human nature so weak as in a bookstore? —Henry Ward Beecher

To lose oneself in the pages of a book is often to find oneself. —

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.