i want some pink fluffy slippers

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Today I discovered that I am disrespectful, rude, dumb, selfish and lazy. This saddens me because I think I'm generally quite nice. I know I have my moments, but usually I believe I'm considered to be a good, kind, quietly lovely person. My crime? I turn the page corners of books down, instead of using a bookmark or a scrap of paper. I am evil. EVIL!!! I only do it to my own personal books, or library books {which, to be fair, I own collectively}. I would never dream of doing it with a book borrowed from a friend, nor with a book that is old, or a limited/first edition. I don't understand why it's such a crime. I don't understand why doing it makes me disrespectful and selfish. A well-loved book is not pristine. A well loved book falls apart. It's been read again and again and again. Coffee cup rings, moisture from rain, tears or spilt drinks, fingerprints from melted chocolate, corners turned down, creaky spines, loose pages, notes in the margin ... these are the things that show you a book is loved and enjoyed. I would love to be a published writer, and if I were I would thoroughly like to see my books so well loved that they're falling apart and looking the worse for wear, creased corners, warts and all. I apologise if that makes me selfish and lazy.