These just sound like comforting lies to tell yourself when in reality, for most people, it's probably just vanity, hoarding, and consumerism. Book collecting has more in common with DVD collecting than some aspiration of knowledge. At worst it's no different than a Funko Pop addiction.
My cure is to maintain a single shelf of books that I own. Just one shelf. Either a shelf inside a book case or a long shelf that stretches a wall. But either way, once it fills up, you have to being replacing. Can't just go to every book sale and buy mercilessly.
My cure is to maintain a single shelf of books that I own. Just one shelf. Either a shelf inside a book case or a long shelf that stretches a wall. But either way, once it fills up, you have to being replacing. Can't just go to every book sale and buy mercilessly.