The worn soles of Daffy's boots skidded on the icy stones. He'd been saving up for a new pair for Christmas, but then he'd come across an encyclopaedia in ten volumes, going cheap. Boots might last ten years, at best, but knowledge was eternal.

Emma Donoghue
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In this quote, Daffy Duck is saving up for a new pair of boots for Christmas, but then he finds a used encyclopaedia at a reasonable price. Daffy decides to purchase the encyclopaedia instead of buying boots for Christmas so he can pass the time better by reading about all sorts of things.

Source: Slammerkin

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