Riding the spine of a book
The book as a kind of flying broomstick or galloping horse taking the boy into story land.
Making invisible friends
This is a book lover's book, and the protagonist is the son of a bookseller, whose bookshop he takes over...
A place to get lost in
My idea of a bookshop or library to get lost in ... though not exclusively. I also love some of...
Culling of books …
I sometimes feel like this when we go to the flea market in Geneva and survey a lifetime's worth of...
The spirit of a book
I like that the spirit of the book lives as much in the readers as in the writers. When I...
A curse in its Sunday best
May you be spared any such presence and any such curse. Great phrasing though.
'His presence was...
Book as mirror II
One of the most reassuring and surprising insights I found in reading Harold Bloom's literary criticism, was the realization that...
Truer than …
Reading the book in Barcelona, this phrase resonated as I'd discovered the simple snack you can order alongside your drink...
On keeping secrets
An intriguing definition of what makes a secret worth keeping - not the secret itself, but those from whom it...
Dead languages or dormant minds?
There are some marvelous characters in The Shadow of the Wind, several of them highly opinionated and articulate orators, who...
We exist while we are remembered
This theme captivates me and I have other quotations on the idea that we live for as long as someone...
The pitfalls of childhood
What a sad commentary on the wounds we inflict on children before they are equipped to comprehend what has happened...
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