[I do not] lend books. If I want someone to read a book, I’ll buy a copy and offer it as a gift. I believe that to lend a book is an incitement to theft.

Alberto Manguel in the New York Times, May 15, 2008.
 (via dirtyriver)

I’m thinking along the same lines.

(via teachingliteracy)

Source: The New York Times

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