{"product_id":"i-cant-live-without-books-jefferson-curious-mind-mug","title":"I Cannot Live Without Books — Jefferson Curious Mind Mug","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome people cannot walk past a bookshop. They don’t try to explain it — they just can’t. Jefferson put it in five words and sent it to John Adams with the morning mail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThomas Jefferson to John Adams, June 10, 1815\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“I cannot live without books.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJefferson wrote this to John Adams in 1815, after selling his entire personal library — 6,487 volumes — to rebuild the Library of Congress following the War of 1812. He was 72, retired, and already starting over with a new collection, because a life without books wasn’t a life he recognized. Not a metaphor. A fact about himself, stated plainly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Design\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sentence sets up, and then \u003cem\u003ebooks.\u003c\/em\u003e takes over both sides of the mug — enlarged to the point where the period is a statement in itself. The attribution sits below, separated by the scale of the type alone. The admission faces you whether you reach left or right.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso on the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/cant-live-without-books-jefferson-curious-mind-t-shirt\"\u003eCan’t Live Without Books Tee\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/cant-live-without-books-jefferson-curious-mind-journal\"\u003eJournal\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eYour Morning Necessity\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15 oz — substantial, not a collection piece\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlossy black ceramic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo-sided print — the quote wraps the mug, so it faces you whether you reach left or right\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDishwasher safe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMicrowave safe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho It’s For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reader — the one with stacks on every surface, a library card that sees more action than most people’s gym memberships, and a reading list that grows faster than it shrinks. An obvious gift, and one that gets used every single morning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNot a want. A requirement.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThomas Jefferson, in Plain English\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLived: 1743–1826, Virginia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor of the Declaration of Independence, third President of the United States\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSold his library of 6,487 books to Congress in 1815 — it became the foundation of the Library of Congress — then immediately started buying again\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpoke six languages, designed Monticello, and founded the University of Virginia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDied on July 4, 1826 — the same day as John Adams, exactly 50 years after the Declaration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Quoteiac","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42623102451806,"sku":"9383049_9324","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0554\/8664\/4318\/files\/I_Cannot_Live_Without_Books_Jefferson_Curious_Mind_Mug.png?v=1782506791","url":"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/i-cant-live-without-books-jefferson-curious-mind-mug","provider":"Quoteiac","version":"1.0","type":"link"}