Quote: Sir Jeremiah Booker

Collecting well worn paperback editions is a noble pursuit. There is nothing so alive as a book which has been generously read, creased, written upon, loved and ultimately discarded.

- Sir Jeremiah Booker

I don't know how trustable this citation is, but I like the quote.
I don't collect well worn paperbacks, but I do buy them and read them, and sometimes give them as gifts.