Cory Doctorow on Nostr: "I often wonder what the Vintners buy/One half so precious as the Goods they sell" ...

"I often wonder what the Vintners buy/One half so precious as the Goods they sell" -Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

I first encountered this quote from someone extolling bookstores. It stuck, because for most of my childhood, every bookstore visit ended with me broke and wishing I'd had more to spend.

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