The Greedy Reader

“There is no right food and no wrong food; the food must only meet the appetite, the appetite find its kind of food.”

James Hillman, The Soul’s Code

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“One of my great joys is going on a book-hunt. Finding a rare book I desperately want after a long search, acquiring it and carrying it home with me, is a symbolic equivalent of a hunt for prey.”

Desmond Morris, The Nature of Happiness

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My eyes are bigger than my stomach.

I buy more books than I can read. But they are not perishable.

Unlike an overstocked fridge they can provide sustenance indefinitely.

Good ideas never grow stale.

I can gorge anytime.