Chevalier keeps justifying his reading material with the purpose of learning about the emotion of love so he can control others
He tells himself that
When he has a shrine of books, plays and poetry about love.
Yes, love is a difficult emotion, especially for someone like Chevalier because love operates on a logic Reason knows nothing of
But you'd think ten/twenty books would have been enough to get a grasp on it. It would have for all the other irrational emotions. Learning an emotion such as love through pages is like trying to imagine a colour you've never seen through a description.
So Chevalier absorbs those vast amounts of love prose for enjoyment more than anything else. Even if he wouldn't admit it.
Perhaps deep down, subconsciously, he yearns for it or wants to understand it. Love doesn't make sense at times. Humans don't make sense at times either. It's a very human emotion.
What you read actually decides what kind of person you want to be
So it would make sense for him to want to feel human?
