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Famous Alberto Manguel Quotes
“Every library is a library of preferences, and every chosen category implies an exclusion.”
“The association of books with their readers is unlike any other between objects and their users.”
“As we read a text in our own language, the text itself becomes a barrier.”
“Existing libraries, in their very being, seem to question the authority of those in power.”
“Life happened because I turned the pages.”
“Each book was a world unto itself, and in it I took refuge.”
“The starting point is a question.”
“The love of libraries, like most loves, must be learned.”
“During the day, the library is a realm of order.”
“At night, here in the library, the ghosts have voices.”
“Unpacking books is a revelatory activity.”
“But a reader's ambition knows no bounds.”
“In a library, no empty shelf remains empty for long.”
“Ultimately, the number of books always exceeds the space they are granted.”
“Readers, censors know, are defined by the books they read.”
“Deserted libraries hold the shades of writers who worked within, and are haunted by their absence.”