Book collecting is a full-time occupation, and one wouldn't get far if one took time off for frivolities like reading.

About This Quote

Collectors often have a habit of reading books and other literature for leisure. They will read more of the same book over and over again because they like it so much (the same way people can be addicted to a drug). However, they need to make sure they study the book properly before buying it.

Some Similar Quotes

1. A half-read book is a half-finished love affair. - David Mitchell

---

2. The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

---

3. It starts so young, and I'm angry about that. The garbage we're taught. About love, about what's "romantic." Look at so many of the so-called romantic figures in books and movies. Do we ever stop and think how many of them would cause serious and... - Deb Caletti

---

4. I do not think I ever opened a book in my life which had not something to say upon woman's inconstancy. Songs and proverbs, all talk of woman's fickleness. But perhaps you will say, these were all written by men."" Perhaps I shall. Yes, yes,... - Jane Austen

---

5. Someone once wrote that a novel should deliver a series of small astonishments. I get the same thing spending an hour with you. - E. Lockhart

---

More Quotes By A.N.L. Munby

1. Book collecting is a full-time occupation, and one wouldn't get far if one took time off for frivolities like reading.

---