benjamin

‘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'
illuminations | reading | writing

‘How many cities have revealed themselves to me in the marches I undertook in pursuit of books!'
illuminations | cities | reading

‘O bliss of the collector, bliss the man of leisure! Of no one has less been expected, and no one has had a greater sense of well-being than the man who has been able to carry out his disreputable existence in the mask of Spitzweg's “bookworm”!'
illuminations | reading