.
Book collecting is an obsession,
an occupation,
a disease,
an addiction,
a fascination,
an absurdity,
a fate.
It is not a hobby.
Those who do it must do it.
Those who do not do it,
think of it as a cousin of stamp collecting,
a sister of the trophy cabinet,
bastard of a sound bank account
and
a weak mind.

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by Jeanette Winterson