" Vassily cleared his throat, probably impatient with Gabriel's bookshelf manners. 'You'll have to excuse me,' Gabriel said, putting back the booklet, 'I have a severe addiction to ink.'

'Don't we all?' Vassily nodded. 'Thank God we have other addictions to assuage it a little. "

― Jean-Christophe Valtat , Luminous Chaos (The Mysteries of New Venice, #2)