#old books

I love to both give and receive very old books. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#both #give #i #i love #love

I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine. ↗

— Oliver Goldsmith

#everything #friends #i #i love #love

I love old books. They tell you stories about their use. You can see where the fingerprints touched the pages as they held the book open. You can see how long they lingered on each page by the finger stains. ↗

— Jack Bowman

#book #books #each #finger #fingerprints

Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure. ↗

— Bernard Baruch

#books #ceased #friends #give #more

Who ever converses among old books will be hard to please among the new. ↗

— William Temple

#books #converses #ever #hard #new