I take pride in not making them my own, and that other people will have them after I'm dead, and the books will be theirs. I've been taking care of some books f

I take pride in not making them my own, and that other people will have them after I'm dead, and the books will be theirs. I've been taking care of some books for 40 years now. Plenty of those I got because someone else took care of them for 40 years before me. If anything, I feel guilty when I accidentally buy bad books that no one in the future would want to read. Honestly, when people who take care of their things die, it's like an explosion of wealth. The things in my place range from the mid-19th century to today. If you let people pick through my shit and take something that looks cool, my death could result in 1000 smiles. edit: I even take care of the things that I've made. They're no doubt mine, but some of those things will make someone else just as happy as they've made me.