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Quotes from Unpacking my Library: A Talk About Book Collecting — Walter Benjamin

1892–1940 Germany

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Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method. … Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like.

Unpacking my Library: A Talk About Book Collecting (1931)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Walter Benjamin (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.