“I grew up in rural Tennessee. There were no bookstores in the town, but the school had a little library and the town had a little library, each with a patient and enthusiastic librarian, and I raced into both as if they were doorways to another world.” IfsWorldLittlesSchoolGrewGrew UpTownsPatientLibraryEnthusiasticLibrarianDoorwaysAnother WorldBookstoresTennessee Author:Michael Sims
“My other hobby, because I just love any job with a gavel, is auctioneer. And I so often have presided over charity auctions in New York that many years ago Sotheby's sent me my own gavel. Now, the Sotheby's gavel is infinitely more elegant--it came in a little velvet bag, with "Sotheby's" inscribed in gold. It hangs in my library. I feel that everyone has occasion to use a gavel at various times everyday, they just don't think of it.” ThinkingFeelsYearsLittlesUseJobsMy OwnNew YorkYears AgoGoldCharityEverydayLibraryVariousOccasionsBagsHobbiesElegantVelvetAuctionsGavel Author:Fran Lebowitz