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

In my view, nineteen pounds of old books are at least nineteen times as delicious as one pound of fresh caviar.


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