Bibliomaniac Quotes

“This is one of the wonders of books: the delight of being a species that can chronicle and preserve. I pick up a book from a shelf, and someone who is no more than ash or bone can still change me.”
― Robin Ince, Bibliomaniac: An Obsessive's Tour of the Bookshops of Britain

“I like charity bookshops, because I can delude myself into believing that I am committing an altruistic act by purchasing too many books. I am not satisfying my consumer lust – I am digging a well in Uganda.”
― Robin Ince, Bibliomaniac: An Obsessive's Tour of the Bookshops of Britain