I guess I think of my books as "furniture". We moved a ton when I was growing up and while we rarely took much with us, we ALWAYS took the books! LOLOLOL
To this day, I think nothing of hauling 6000 books to a new location (this was downsized after my husband's death -- I sent 3000 US History books to the Renvall Institute and another 500 to Nova Scotia, mostly novels, to found a local library in his memory. It cost me more in shipping than I could afford, but it was a symbolic act).
I look at the hundreds of books I had to read for my dissertation and it reminds me of what I accomplished. I didn't do anything with it -- LOL -- but I learned so much in that period. And it was the happiest period of my life. Looking at those shelves brings back those memories.
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To this day, I think nothing of hauling 6000 books to a new location (this was downsized after my husband's death -- I sent 3000 US History books to the Renvall Institute and another 500 to Nova Scotia, mostly novels, to found a local library in his memory. It cost me more in shipping than I could afford, but it was a symbolic act).
I look at the hundreds of books I had to read for my dissertation and it reminds me of what I accomplished. I didn't do anything with it -- LOL -- but I learned so much in that period. And it was the happiest period of my life. Looking at those shelves brings back those memories.
You can't replace that.