Second hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come toget…

Virginia Woolf
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Second hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2009). Selected Essays, p.311, OUP Oxford
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Second hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2009). Selected Essays, p.311, OUP Oxford

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