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“Още от дълбока древност, хората запечатвали историята. Отначало върху камък, метал или папирус, а по-късно върху хартия и електронни носители. Записвали всичко съществуващо в света или в мечтите им. Така се появили библиотеките – местата, където те споделяли и обменяли знанията си. Неверниците смятали, че ако ги унищожат, с тях ще унищожат и историята. Но грешали. Човешкият ум сътворил това книжно богатство бил способен отново да го възстанови или съгради още веднъж. Всяка страница и всеки ред. В Древен Египет фениксът бил асоцииран с бога на Слънцето – Ра. Възприемал се като символ на слънчевия цикъл и прераждането. И точно, както той се възражда от пепелта, така и знанието надживяло времето, в което е било създадено, за да бъде вечно!”

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Book:Съкровището на Цезар
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“Read novels, because they will put you in someone else’s skin. Read poetry, because it will give wings to your soul. Read science, because it will show you what’s possible. Read politics, because it will teach you how strongly people care about how their fellow men are treated, wherever they stand on what the best way is. . . . Read things you hate and things you love and things you never thought you’d understand. And never, never accept the excuse that you’re not strong enough to handle it if you read something that offends you. You are. You’re strong enough to be offended and then try to understand why. You’re strong enough to grant that someone can be different and still be worthy of dignity. And if you aren’t? . . . Then read more, until you are (pp. 315-316).”

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Book:The Collector of Burned Books
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“My mother has taken an interest in utopian texts, now that Florida seems to be heading in the opposite direction, though every time she describes one of these alleged paradises they sound a little terrifying. Too much manual labor and religious fervor. In the end, my mother often seems disappointed by these utopias too; she is still searching for her true north.”

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Book:State of Paradise
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