A funny story about CS Lewis. Near the end of his life, he had a full-time caretaker. Because that caretaker worked difficult hours, he slept during the day, in a downstairs room in Lewis’s house. The pair maintained an aloof relationship until Lewis, sick of the professional atmosphere, built a wall of books around the sleeping caretaker, barricading him in bed, and all I can think of is that CS Lewis had enough books on hand to build a substantial wall. 

Dallas Willard, I’ve heard, bought the house next to his to store his expansive library. Seth Godin is famous... read more