Thursday 25 July 2024

Eight Crabs

 


Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, said this about home libraries: "It’s foolish to think you have to read all the books you buy. It would be like saying you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones. There are things in life we need to have plenty of, even if we only use a small portion. If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand it’s good to have many at home rather than a few. When you want to feel better, you go to the 'medicine closet' and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for this moment. You should always have a choice! Those who buy only one book, read it and get rid of it; they simply apply the consumer mentality to books. Those who love books know a book is anything but a commodity."

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