Wednesday, January 19, 2011

On Having "Too Many" Books....

I say to all of you who, like me, have "too many" books: Stop thinking that way. You actually have far too few books -- as evidenced by the fact that you keep getting more books.

Books are inexpensive, in most cases printed on paper from tree farms to it's a crop, emit no noxiouis gases, take up remarkably little space considering how many you have, harm no one when sitting on shelves or in boxes under the house, and give great joy to the holder.

Of all obsessions, weaknesses of desire, and unrealistic visions, surely having 'too many books' is the least harmful...

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