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Lending Books Quotes

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“I hate lending, or borrowing—if you want me to read a book, tell me about it, or buy me a copy outright. Your loaned edition sits in my house like a real grievance. And in lieu of lending books, I buy extra copies of those I want to give away, which gives me the added pleasure of buying books I love again and again.â€� --Jonathan Lethem”
Leah Price

“There is a simple rule: practice a kind of generous selfishness. Give a book to a friend, but don't lend it, because you will never get it back. ~ James Wood, author of The Book Against God.”
Leah Price, Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books

Ruskin Bond
“Borrowed books and umbrellas are seldom returned”
Ruskin Bond, Funny Side Up