About This Quote

The quote is about how you should always look at books in a secondhand book store because not only can you get something that has already been read before, you can also get something that has already been loved. If you buy a book in a secondhand book store or even in a library, then that book will have already been put in the hands of someone else who loved it and was able to share it with others. This means that when you read it, you are reading an old book that has been read by people who loved it. It also means that the book is much more likely to have been written by someone who was struggling to find their voice so they could teach us the truth.

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