My favorite thing about reading is the moment when I come across that One Perfect Line, full of meaning and written so beautifully that I have to read it over again solely for the sheer enjoyment of language. Frederick Buechner has the gift of writing those kinds of lines over and over again throughout a whole book.
My favorite books are The Book of Bebb, Godric, and Wishful Thinking. I like the way that he merges the sacred into everyday life. It just feels very "real" to me, which I reckon is the aim of literature.
Frederick Buechner is not the most well-known author, but a person would do well to add his name to a list of "must-reads."
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