If your friend wishes to read your 'Plutarch's Lives, ' 'Shakespeare, ' or 'The Federalist Papers, ' tell him gently but firmly, to buy a copy. You will lend him your car or your coat - but your books are as much a part of you as your head or your heart.Mortimer J. Adler
About This Quote
This quote speaks to the importance of books. They are not possessions to be given away, but rather they are to be valued as a means of education. It also illustrates the concept of books being an intrinsic part of one’s being. If you want to share someone else with your knowledge, you can borrow one of your books or give them to that person.
If you want to give someone your book, you have to give them everything within it. Books are not something that can be physically shared without also sharing your mind and soul.
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