Vibe Quotes

Books do not per?�ish like hu?�mankind. Of course we com?�mon?�ly see them bro?�ken in the hab?�er?�dash?�er's shop when on?�ly a few months be?�fore they lay bound on the sta?�tion?�er's stall; these are not true works, but mere trash and new?�fan?�gle?�ness for the vul?�gar. There are thou?�sands of such gew?�gaws and toys which peo?�ple have in their cham?�bers, or which they keep up?�on their shelves, be?�liev?�ing that they are pre?�cious things, when they are the mere pass?�ing fol?�lies of the pass?�ing time and of no more val?�ue than pa?�pers gath?�ered up from some dunghill or raked by chance out of the ken?�nel. True books are filled with the pow?�er of the un?�der?�stand?�ing which is the in?�her?�itance of the ages: you may take up a book in time, but you read it in eter?�ni?�ty.