“Ultimately, the number of books always exceeds the space they are granted.”
“Naturally you're out of book space. Everyone is always out of book space. If you're not out of book space, you're probably not worth knowing.”
“Beyond it is the incalculable. In other words, numbers cannot exceed the number of things there are: so that for the teller and the audience of this tale, numbers still are attached to objects.”
“Books exceed authors' lifespan.”
“No reader can fail to agree that the number of books she needs to read far exceeds her capacities, but when the passion for rereading kicks in, the faint guilt that therefore attends the indulgence only serves to intensify its sweetness.”
“He always had books. Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they'll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.”