“For the last several days I've had the sudden and general urge to buy a new book. I've stopped off at a few bookstores around the city, and while I've looked at hundreds and hundreds of books in that time, I have not found the one book that will satisfy my urge. It's not as if I don't have anything to read; there's a tower of perfectly good unread books next to my bed, not to mention the shelves of books in the living room I've 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 that's afflicted me most of my life. I know enough about the course of the disease to know I'll discover something soon.” ReadingBooksHungerUrgesBookstores Book:The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop: A Memoir, a History Source: The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop: A Memoir, a History
“We are much more likely to be drawn to a messy bookstore than a neat one because the mess signifies vitality. We are not drawn to a bookstore because of tasteful, Finnish shelves in gunmetal gray mesh, each one displaying three carefully chosen, color-coordinated covers. Clutter -- orderly clutter, if possible -- is what we expect. Like a city. It's not quite a city unless there's more than enough.” BooksBookstoresClutterBookshelves Book:The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop: A Memoir, a History Source: The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop: A Memoir, a History
“Books, 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.” WorldGivingBookIdeasSelfBodyImaginationCitiesFleshInner SelfBookstores Author:Lewis Buzbee
“The bookstore and the coffeehouse are natural allies; Neither has a time limit, slowness is encouraged.” NaturalLimitsAlliesBookstoresSlownessTime Limit Author:Lewis Buzbee
