People are the topics of books. This is not to say that people are interesting. The majority of people with whom I come into contact with, adjunct professors at community college and the various rowdies which naturally congregate in such arenas, are as interesting as old sticks. Which is not to say that they do not conceive of themselves on a daily basis. I am sure they do. I can just see them sitting around self-actualizing. This process does little for their rapidly receding hair lines or the expansion of their waistlines.
All of this is to say that I prefer books to people, even loud, bookish people. I abhor the self proclaimed "bibliophile". The throaty voice of a hundred favorite books and three favorite authors makes one a dabbler. A bibliophile is a collector, not a reader. The same as an adjunct is not a professor.
Time for me to get back to my book.
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