the pleasure and melancholy of rereading books
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the pleasure and melancholy of rereading books
Perhaps it’s more helpful to think of collecting books like collecting wine: you pick up novels you know you will enjoy at some time in the future. That time might be right now, or it might be next year. Like a bottle of Sancerre, you’ll bring it down off the shelf at the perfect moment, when you’ll enjoy it most. That’s okay, even encouraged,... See more
Reread the same book over and over, and we’ll likely find new themes, undercurrents, details, and connections.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being: The Sunday Times bestseller
The more we understand what reading is for us, the more we can enjoy intimate relationships with just a few important works. Our libraries can be simple. Instead of always broaching new material, we can spend time rereading, paying attention to the reinforcement of what we already know but tend so often to forget.