In my view, nineteen pounds of old books are at least nineteen times as delicious as one pound of fresh caviar.

Anne Fadiman
In my view, nineteen pounds of old books are at...
In my view, nineteen pounds of old books are at...
In my view, nineteen pounds of old books are at...
In my view, nineteen pounds of old books are at...
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“In my view, nineteen pounds of old books are at least nineteen times as delicious as one pound of fresh caviar.” This quote refers to the fact that older books have been read and reread many times by many different people, whereas a piece of fresh caviar has not.

Source: Ex Libris: Confessions Of A Common Reader

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