"Several times I've bought a second copy of a book that I couldn't find on my haphazard shelves even though I know it's there."
and
"Like the drinker who trusts his hangover with 'the hair of the dog,' I assuage the anxiety about all the books I've bought and not read by purchasing more. Somehow I imagine that if I buy a book I'll read it,"
~~ from My Life in the Middle Ages: A Survivor's Tale by James Atlas
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