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“I hasten to mention that I have never actually solicited a catalogue. Although it is tempting to conclude that our mailbox hatches them by spontaneous generation, I know they are really the offspring of promiscuous mailing lists, which copulate in secret and for money.”
― Anne Fadiman, Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader

“In my view, nineteen pounds of old books are at least nineteen times as delicious as one pound of fresh caviar.”
― Anne Fadiman, Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader

“Reading aloud means no skipping, no skimming, no cutting to the chase.”
― Anne Fadiman, Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader

“If Buffalo Singer ever came to her in a dream again, she would make sure he regretted it.”
― Patricia Briggs, Wild Sign