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Alberto Manguel, born in 1948, is a renowned writer from Argentina. His works span various literary forms, including novels, essays, and translations, and are known for their unique style and profound insights into human culture.

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Famous Alberto Manguel Quotes

“But at night, when the library lamps are lit, the outside world disappears and nothing but the space of books remains in existence.”

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Book:The Library at Night

Source: The Library at Night

“If the library in the morning suggests an echo of the severe and reasonable wishful order of the world, the library at night seems to rejoice in the world's essential, joyful muddle.”

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Book:The Library at Night

Source: The Library at Night

“At night, here in the library, the ghosts have voices.”

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Book:The Library at Night

Source: The Library at Night

“In the light, we read the inventions of others; in the darkness we invent our own stories.”

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Book:The Library at Night

Source: The Library at Night

“At night, here in the library, the ghosts have voices.... The various qualities of my readings seem to permeate my every muscle, so that when I finally decide to turn off the library light, I carry into my sleep the voices and the movements of the book I've just closed.”

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Author:Alberto Manguel

“I remember, as a child, the confusion of not knowing what this place was where I was supposed to spend the night: it's a disquieting experience for a child. And what I would do was quickly unpack my books and go back to a book I knew well and make sure the same text and the same illustrations were there.”

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Author:Alberto Manguel

About the Author

Born: 1948
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 140

Books & Sources

The Library at NightRelated source material

A History of ReadingRelated source material

La cité des mots: CBC Massey LecturesRelated source material

A Reading DiaryRelated source material

A Reading Diary: A Passionate Reader's Reflections on a Year of BooksRelated source material

Maimonides: Faith in ReasonRelated source material

Packing My Library: An Elegy and Ten DigressionsRelated source material

A Reader on ReadingRelated source material

A biblioteca à noiteRelated source material

Black water: the book of fantastic literatureRelated source material

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