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Norman MacCaig Quotes

Norman MacCaig quotes about book

Scottish Poet November 14, 1910 – January 23, 1996

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But I hang on to books. I love them. I even think they're very nice decor in a room - far better than paintings... That's not quite true! Norman MacCaig
There are some friends you don't meet for twenty years and when you meet them again it's as if no twenty years has happened - you're lucky when that happens. I feel the same about books. Norman MacCaig
Norman MacCaig quote: "I don't care whether a book is a first edition or not. I'm not..."
I don't care whether a book is a first edition or not. I'm not a bibliophile in that word's natural sense. Norman MacCaig
When I was a teacher, teachers would come into my classroom and admire my desk on which lay nothing whatever, whereas theirs were heaped with papers and books. Norman MacCaig
All those authors there, most of whom of course I've never met. That's the poetry side, that's the prose side, that's the fishing and miscellaneous behind me. You get an affection for books that you've enjoyed. Norman MacCaig
Norman MacCaig quote: "I only keep books that I like very much. Otherwise I'd throw..."
I only keep books that I like very much. Otherwise I'd throw them out. Norman MacCaig

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