Destroying a Book? Or Falling in Love?

“There are three kinds of book owners. The first has all the standard sets and best-sellers — unread, untouched. (This deluded individual owns wood-pulp and ink, not books.) The second has a great many books — a few of them read through, most of them dipped into, but all of them clean and shiny as the day they were bought. (This person would probably like to make books his own, but is restrained by the false respect for their physical appearance.)

The third has a few books or many — every one of them dog-eared and dilapidated, shaken and loosened by the continual use, marked and scribbled in from front to back. (This man owns books) ”