The truly cultured are capable of owning thousands of unread books without losing their composure or their desire for more. — Gabriel Zaid Copy Share Image
What does it matter how cultivated and up-to-date we are, or how many thousands of books we’ve read? What matters is how we feel,… — Gabriel Zaid Copy Share Image
As publishing has become less expensive, the urge to write my own self has become the opportunity to publish my own self. Everyone now… — Gabriel Zaid Copy Share Image
Confronted with the choice between having time and having things, we’ve chosen to have things. Today it is a luxury to read what Socrates… — Gabriel Zaid Copy Share Image
Those who aspire to the status of cultured individuals visit bookstores with trepidation, overwhelmed by the immensity of all they have not read. They… — Gabriel Zaid Copy Share Image
The probability of finding a particular book increases in relation to the clarity of the store's focus, the diligence and shrewdness of the bookseller,… — Gabriel Zaid Copy Share Image
