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Quote by Alberto Manguel

“I can understand that there are those who can think and imagine the world without words, but I think that once you find the words that name your experience, then suddenly that experience becomes grounded, and you can use it and you can try to understand it.”

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Alberto Manguel

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. more

“I had a library of maybe 1,000 books in my room in Buenos Aires. I did have the sense that everything there was organised in the right way. You'll probably think I needed serious psychiatric treatment, but there were times when I would not buy a book because I knew it wouldn't fit one of the categories into which I had divided the library.”

Thinking Way Book Rooms Serious Needed Fit Library Treatment Categories Divided Right Way Organised Psychiatric Buenos Aires

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.”

Wells Children Book Remember Night Knowing Confusion Not Knowing Illustration

Author:Alberto Manguel

“I've never really understood attachment to a place for reasons of birth. That my mother happened to give birth to me in a certain place doesn't, to my mind, justify any thankfulness towards that place. It could have been anywhere.”

Giving Mind Has Beens Reason Mother Certain Happened Birth Understood Justify Attachment Thankfulness Could Have Been

Author:Alberto Manguel

“In no way am I demeaning writing or any other form of art because it's popular. What I'm saying is that anything fed into the industrial machinery to comply with rules of size and length and shelf-life has a hard time surviving as art.”

Way Writing Art Hard Form Art Is Size Hard Times Length Feds Shelves Machinery Surviving Demeaning Shelf Life

Author:Alberto Manguel