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He had to have this book - at any price.
At any price? That was easily said. Even if he had had more to offer this cranky Mr Coreander had given him clearly to understand that he would never sell him a single book. The situation was hopeless.

Some people risk their lives to conquer a mountain peak. No one can really explain why. Others ruin themselves trying to win the heart of a certain person who wants nothing to do with them. Some sacrifice everything for a dream that can never come true. Some think their only hope of happiness lies in being somewhere else. In short, there are as many different passions as there are people.
Bastian's passion was books.

„I know several people who have the right to say: "Odi profanum vulgus" ("I hate the rabble"). But which of them can add triumphantly: "Et arceo" ("And keep it at a distance")? Too many handshakes debases one's character. If ever a man had an ivory tower well guarded by bars and locks, it was Eugene Delacroix.“