“When we are collecting books, we are collecting happiness.”

— Vincent Starrett

Attributed to Starrett in Michael Dirda, On Conan Doyle: Or, The Whole Art of Storytelling (2012), page 112.

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American writer 1886–1974

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“When we are collecting books, we are collecting happiness.”

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