The books housed in one's first adult bookshelf are the geological bed of who we wish to become

“Es waren ausschließlich Männer, diese zwanghaften Buchkäufer und Sammler, die e…”

“Bruno was a musician with the temperament of an anarchist and the breath of a b…”

“Ageing is a process of exchanging hope for insight”

“drunk on research, exhilarated by arcane details”