Quotes by P. B. M. Allan
“Well, well, if you make up your mind to have a thing and search eagerly enough for it, you are bound to obtain it in the long run.””
“Happy indeed are those days when the book-lover has been accorded the freedom of some ancient library. A delicious feeling of tranquillity pervades him as he selects some nook and settles himself to read.””
“To the thoughtless and those of shallow intellect solitude is inseparable from loneliness.””
“Yet although we may seek solitude among our books, how far removed are we from being really alone!””
“To specialise in a particular class of books should be the object of every collector; but to adhere so rigidly to that one class of literature as to exclude from our library the great books of the world, is to deprive ourselves of all the advantages which a library can offer.””
P. B. M. Allan was a Scottish author and bibliophile, best known for his work 'The Book-Hunter at Home,' which reflects his deep passion for literature and the art of collecting books. Allan's writing...