"I have the 24-volume hardcover O.E.D. plus supplements. My young friends look astonished: Why not just Google it? But there is so much else in there than simple definition or derivation. To me, a proper dictionary is a book of spells." -- Jeanette Winterson, interviewed in the New York Times, 2019-09-26
"A big beautiful bookshop is a treasure chest. I don’t enjoy the Amazon algorithm approach. Browsing is a better idea and a lot more fun." -- ibid.
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