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Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. But a book is never just a book

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. But a book is never just a book. – The Old Sage Bookshop in Prescott, Arizona

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Catalogues of imaginary libraries are an obscure but fruitful area of collecting. The tradition of imaginary books, which exist only within other books, goes back at least to Rabelais, who invented a list of book titles for the Abbey of Saint-Victor in Gargantua and Pantagruel (c.1532). – Emi Hastings, “Catalogues of Imaginary Libraries,” 2014

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No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. – Mary Wortley Montagu

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A good book on your shelf is a friend that turns its back on you and remains a friend. – Author unknown

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A dirty book is rarely dusty. – Author unknown

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