“Everything remembered, everything thought, all awareness becomes base, frame, pedestal, lock and key of his ownership. Period, region, craft, previous owners - all, for the true collector, merge in each one of his possessions into a magical encyclopaedia whose quintessence is the fate of his object.”
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“Eventually the Collector from the prophecy would be born.”
“—that exquisite sensual pleasure of collectors, who are a tactile species—”
“I can't deny the skill would be a valuable asset to my collection.”