책은 자꾸 사도 괜찮아

구입한 책을 모두 읽어야 한다고 생각하는 것은 어리석은 일이라고 한다. 책을 읽지도 않았는데 새 책을 사는 것은 수저나 안경, 드라이버나 드릴 비트를 모두 사용하고 나서야 새걸 구입해야 한다는 말이랑 마찬가지라고. "삶에는 일부만 사용하더라도 항상 넉넉하게 준비해야 하는 것들이 있습니다." 그러니까 읽지 않은 책이 아무리 많아도 또 사는 것이 옳다는 말씀.

Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries:

"It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones.

"There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion.

"If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the 'medicine closet' and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That's why you should always have a nutrition choice!

"Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity."

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