Quote by Charles Lamb

Borrowers of books --those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes.

Borrowers of books --those mutilators of collections, spoile

Summary

This quote sarcastically addresses the negative impact that borrowers of books can have on library collections. It suggests that borrowers can disrupt the organization and aesthetic appeal of shelves by returning books in a different order or not returning them at all, leading to missing volumes and incomplete sets. In a playful tone, it implies that borrowers can wreak havoc on the systematic arrangement of books, deriding their tendency to create oddities within collections.

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By Charles Lamb

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