“It's foolish to think you have to read all the books you buy, just as it's foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they can possibly read.
It would be like saying you have to use all the cutlery, glasses, screwdrivers, or drill bits you've bought before buying new ones.
There are things in life that you always need to have in abundance, even if you only use a small part of them.
If, for example, we think of books as medicine, we understand that it's better to have many at home rather than just a few: when you want to feel better, you go to the "medicine cabinet" and choose a book. Not just any book, but the right book for that moment.
That's why you always need to have a large selection!
Those who buy only one book, read only that one, and then get rid of it, simply apply a consumerist mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a commodity.
Those who love books know that books are anything but a commodity.”
Umberto Eco
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