Borrowers of books -- those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes. (Charles Lamb)

Borrowers of books -- those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes.

Charles Lamb

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