Books to Buy, Books to Read

I went to the local bookshop a few weeks ago, and I made a few purchases. Mostly books that I had already ordered (two of them) and one book I found on chance. So I behaved, mostly. This is what I explained to the cashier: "I promised my wife not to keep on hoarding books. I buy them faster than I can read them." She said: "Alas, there are not many people who understand people like us anymore." Which made me laugh. I think both lines deserve to be great unknown lines. I do hoard books a tad too much, perhaps, but I always fear I might never see a certain title again if I don't buy it there and then. Anyway, "people like us", I love it. That's what readers are, nowadays. A sort of secret society.