Quotes about Book collecting

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To build up a library is to create a life. It's never just a random collection of books. — Carlos María Domínguez, The House of Paper
Sometimes, looking at the many books I have at home, I feel I shall die before I come to the end of them, yet I cannot r — Jorge Luis Borges, This Craft of Verse
How many cities have revealed themselves to me in the marches I undertook in the pursuit of books! — Walter Benjamin, Illuminations: Essays and Reflections
I hold a theory that, sooner or later, if a man but live long enough, certain books destined for his peculiar delight wi — Vincent Starrett, Books and Bipeds
Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method.— Walter Benjamin, — Phillip Lopate, The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present
I am often asked a stock question: 'Have you actually read all those books?' To this I have my answer ready: 'Is there a — Konstantinos Staikos