Every reader has found charms by which to secure possession of a page that, by magic, becomes as if never read before, fresh and immaculate.
Alberto ManguelTag: reading books reader page
Our society accepts the book as a given, but the act of reading -- once considered useful and important, as well as potentially dangerous and subversive -- is now condescendingly accepted as a pastime, a slow pastime that lacks efficiency and does not contribute to the common good.
Alberto ManguelTag: reading books society book reader
Books may not change our suffering, books may not protect us from evil, books may not tell us what is good or what is beautiful, and they will certainly not shield us from the common fate of the grave. But books grant us myriad possibilities: the possibility of change, the possibility of illumination.
Alberto ManguelTag: words reading books literature
In the dark, with the windows lit and the rows of books glittering, the library is a closed space, a universe of self-serving rules that pretend to replace or translate those of the shapeless universe beyond.
Alberto ManguelOne book calls to another unexpectedly, creating alliances across different cultures and centuries.
Alberto ManguelIn any of my pages in any of my books may life a perfect account of my secret experience of the world.
Alberto ManguelTag: books world secret book pages
In a library, no empty shelf remains empty for long.
Alberto ManguelOld books that we have known but not possessed cross our path and invite themselves over. New books try to seduce us daily with tempting titles and tantalizing covers.
Alberto ManguelTag: reading books book titles
Ultimately, the number of books always exceeds the space they are granted.
Alberto ManguelTag: libraries books bookshelves tsundoku
It hardly matters why a library is destroyed: every banning, curtailment, shredding, plunder or loot gives rise (at least as a ghostly presence) to a louder, clearer, more durable library of the banned, looted, plundered, shredded or curtailed.
Alberto ManguelTag: books censorship library book-burning banned banning
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