Jake
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Jollification |
| Location | Santa Rosa, California, United States |
| Introduction | "I am still in the thrall of one insatiable desire, which hitherto I have been neither able nor willing to check...I cannot get enough books. It may be that I have already more than I need. But it is with books as it is with other things: success in acquisition spurs the desire to get still more. Books indeed have a special charm. Gold, silver, gems, purple raiment, a house of marble, a well-tilled field, paintings, a steed with splendid trappings - things such as these give but a silent and superficial pleasure. Books delight us through and through; they talk with us, then give us good counsel, then enter into a living and intimate companionship with us. What is more, not only does a book win the reader's affection for itself, but it mentions the names of other books so that one stirs the desire for another." Francesca Betrarra c. 1346 |