without you a book is nothing

I marked these lines by David L. Ulin, thinking it sounded like he was talking about Autobiography of a Book:

‘We possess the books we read, animating the waiting stillness of their language … but they possess us also, filling us with thoughts and observations, asking us to make them part of ourselves.’ 

Yup. That’s what Book wants — for you to give it life. Without a reader a book is nothing.

source:

“Say Yes: while his books may not pay the bills David L. Ulin has built a life around writing”

by Lauren Markham

Alta Journal

issue 25 “The Writers Issue,” 2023

San Francisco, CA