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Shane Celis

A balm for book buyers.

“It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones…. “—Umberto Eco

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“It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones. "There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion. "If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the 'medicine closet' and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That's why you should always have a nutrition choice! "Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity."
Jun 10, 2024, 09:33 PM·Public·Ivory for iOS
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bigiain

@shanecelis @gwendolenau one of my old girlfriends and her knitting/crotchet friends had the acronym “SABLE” for Stash Acquired Beyond Life Expectancy - which referred to all the yarn they bought with no possibility of using it all before they died.

Buying stuff, yarn or books, is not always about _using_ it as intended, sometimes it’s about just _having_ it.

(I am a bit embarrassed to admit I own some vinyl I’ve never (or at least not yet) played, because I stream it when I want to hear it, but I still want to own it on vinyl.)

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