There are 10, 000 books in my library, and it will keep growing until I die. This has exasperated my daughters, amused my friends and baffled my accountant. If I had not picked up this habit in the library long ago, I would have more money in the bank today; I would not be richer. Pete Hamill
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The statement “I have a library of 10,000 books” is a somewhat cliché way to begin a piece. It’s been used so many times that it has been made into a meme. In this case, the statement is true. In fact, it is both true and false.

The books in the library are real. In the same way, the things we do for money and other things we accumulate in life are real as well. This statement also includes a great deal of ambiguity because we can never be sure how much money and how many books really belong to the person who said it.

This statement is like saying: “I know I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, but I don’t know how much I need to save to be comfortable at retirement age.”

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