Despite the best efforts of critics and the hopes of authors, our tastes in books are probably as inherent and unbudgeable as those in food.

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Despite the best efforts of critics and the hopes of authors, our tastes in books are probably as inherent and unbudgeable as those in food. - Alain de Botton

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