It is often much harder to get rid of books than to acquire them. They stick to us in that pact of need and oblivion we make with them, witnesses to a moment in our lives we will never see again. While they are still there, it is part of us.
Discovering witnesses is just as important as catching criminals.
I learned from Jehovah's Witnesses that a fatalistic view is counterproductive.
The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.