A. S. W. Rosenbach quotes
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“I have known men to hazard their fortunes, go long journeys halfway about the world, forget friendships, even lie, cheat, and steal, all for the gain of a book.”
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“After love, book collecting is the most exhilarating sport of all.”
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“Very young children eat their books, literally devouring their contents. This is one reason for the scarcity of first editions of Alice in Wonderland and other favorites of the nursery.”
-- A. S. W. Rosenbach
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“All knots that lovers tie Are tied to sever. Here shall your sweetheart lie, Untrue for ever.”
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Source : A. J. Jacobs (2011). “A.J. Jacobs Omnibus: The Know-It-All, The Year of Living Biblically, My Life as an Experiment”, p.707, Simon and Schuster
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“Life is the journey between darkness of the womb and darkness of the grave.”
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