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Alberto Manguel quotes: Evil requires no reason.

Evil requires no reason.

Alberto Manguel quotes: The starting point is a question.

The starting point is a question.

Alberto Manguel quotes: If every library is in some sense a reflection of its readers, it is also an image of that which we are not, and cannot be.

If every library is in some sense a reflection of its readers, it is also an image of that which we are not, and cannot be.

Alberto Manguel quotes: As we read a text in our own language, the text itself becomes a barrier.

As we read a text in our own language, the text itself becomes a barrier.

Alberto Manguel quotes: There is a line of poetry, a sentence in a fable, a word in an essay, by which my existence is justified; find that line, and immortality is assured.

There is a line of poetry, a sentence in a fable, a word in an essay, by which my existence is justified; find that line, and immortality is assured.

Alberto Manguel quotes: One book calls to another unexpectedly, creating alliances across different cultures and centuries.

One book calls to another unexpectedly, creating alliances across different cultures and centuries.

Alberto Manguel quotes: The weight of absence is as much a feature of any library as the constriction of order and space.

The weight of absence is as much a feature of any library as the constriction of order and space.

Alberto Manguel quotes: Deserted libraries hold the shades of writers who worked within, and are haunted by their absence.

Deserted libraries hold the shades of writers who worked within, and are haunted by their absence.

Alberto Manguel quotes: Reading is the occupation of the insomniac par excellence.

Reading is the occupation of the insomniac par excellence.

Alberto Manguel quotes: To lend a book is an incitement to theft.A Reader on Reading p. 281

To lend a book is an incitement to theft.
A Reader on Reading p. 281

Alberto Manguel quotes: Immaterial as water, too vast for any mortal apprehension, the Web's outstanding qualities allow us to confuse the ungraspable with the eternal.

Immaterial as water, too vast for any mortal apprehension, the Web's outstanding qualities allow us to confuse the ungraspable with the eternal.

Alberto Manguel quotes: I always knew that I wanted to live with books, even as a child, because we traveled a lot. Home was the book to which I came back every evening.

I always knew that I wanted to live with books, even as a child, because we traveled a lot. Home was the book to which I came back every evening.

Alberto Manguel quotes: I know that something dies when i give up my books, and that my memory keeps going back to them with mournful nostalgia.

I know that something dies when i give up my books, and that my memory keeps going back to them with mournful nostalgia.

Alberto Manguel quotes: Each book was a world unto itself, and in it I took refuge.

Each book was a world unto itself, and in it I took refuge.

Alberto Manguel quotes: I wanted to live among books.

I wanted to live among books.

Alberto Manguel quotes: In the light, we read the inventions of others; in the darkness we invent our own stories.

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

Alberto Manguel quotes: The association of books with their readers is unlike any other between objects and their users.

The association of books with their readers is unlike any other between objects and their users.

Alberto Manguel quotes: From fire, water, the passage of time, neglectful readers, and the hand of the censor, each of my books has escaped to tell me its story.

From fire, water, the passage of time, neglectful readers, and the hand of the censor, each of my books has escaped to tell me its story.

Alberto Manguel quotes: Readers, censors know, are defined by the books they read.

Readers, censors know, are defined by the books they read.

Alberto Manguel quotes: A book brings its own history to the reader.

A book brings its own history to the reader.

Alberto Manguel quotes: Libraries are not, never will be, used by everyone.

Libraries are not, never will be, used by everyone.

Alberto Manguel quotes: Unpacking books is a revelatory activity.

Unpacking books is a revelatory activity.

Alberto Manguel quotes: Reality deals in specifics under the guise of generalities. Literature does the contrary ...

Reality deals in specifics under the guise of generalities. Literature does the contrary ...

Alberto Manguel quotes: Existing libraries, in their very being, seem to question the authority of those in power.

Existing libraries, in their very being, seem to question the authority of those in power.

Alberto Manguel quotes: The telling of stories creates the real world.

The telling of stories creates the real world.

Alberto Manguel quotes: The readers who commited suicide after reading 'Werther' were not ideal but merely sentimental readers.

The readers who commited suicide after reading 'Werther' were not ideal but merely sentimental readers.

Alberto Manguel quotes: Reading is at the beginning of the social contract

Reading is at the beginning of the social contract

Alberto Manguel quotes: The love of libraries, like most loves, must be learned.

The love of libraries, like most loves, must be learned.

Alberto Manguel quotes: Not until I came to Canada did I realize that snow was a four-letter word.

Not until I came to Canada did I realize that snow was a four-letter word.

Alberto Manguel quotes: Only when, years later, I touched for the first time my lover's body did I realize that literature could sometimes fall short of the actural event.

Only when, years later, I touched for the first time my lover's body did I realize that literature could sometimes fall short of the actural event.

Alberto Manguel quotes: Books are our best possessions in life, they are our immortality.

Books are our best possessions in life, they are our immortality.

Alberto Manguel quotes: Words tell us what we, as a society, believe the world to be

Words tell us what we, as a society, believe the world to be

Alberto Manguel quotes: Most readers, then and now, have at some time experienced the humiliation of being told that their occupation is reprehensible.

Most readers, then and now, have at some time experienced the humiliation of being told that their occupation is reprehensible.

Alberto Manguel quotes: In any of my pages in any of my books may life a perfect account of my secret experience of the world.

In any of my pages in any of my books may life a perfect account of my secret experience of the world.

Alberto Manguel quotes: Deadlines comes as a surprise ... superb: a new genre, in fact, combining the pleasures of list-making with that of last-minute eaves-dropping.

Deadlines comes as a surprise ... superb: a new genre, in fact, combining the pleasures of list-making with that of last-minute eaves-dropping.

Alberto Manguel quotes: In a library, no empty shelf remains empty for long.

In a library, no empty shelf remains empty for long.

Alberto Manguel quotes: Books read in a public library never have the same flavour as books read in the attic or the kitchen.

Books read in a public library never have the same flavour as books read in the attic or the kitchen.

Alberto Manguel quotes: Maybe this is why we read, and why in moments of darkness we return to books: to find words for what we already know.

Maybe this is why we read, and why in moments of darkness we return to books: to find words for what we already know.

Alberto Manguel quotes: Darkness promotes speech.

Darkness promotes speech.

Alberto Manguel quotes: We read to understand, or to begin to understand. We cannot do but to read. Reading almost as much as breathing, is our essential function.

We read to understand, or to begin to understand. We cannot do but to read. Reading almost as much as breathing, is our essential function.

Alberto Manguel quotes: But a reader's ambition knows no bounds.

But a reader's ambition knows no bounds.

Alberto Manguel quotes: Life happened because I turned the pages.

Life happened because I turned the pages.

Alberto Manguel quotes: Books have long been instruments of the divinatory arts.

Books have long been instruments of the divinatory arts.

Alberto Manguel quotes: At night, here in the library, the ghosts have voices.

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

Alberto Manguel quotes: I like to imagine that, on the day after my last, my library and I will crumble together, so that even when I am no more I'll still be with

I like to imagine that, on the day after my last, my library and I will crumble together, so that even when I am no more I'll still be with my books.

Alberto Manguel quotes: Few of us, however, have Alice's courage, at the end of the book, to stand up (literally)for our convictions and refuse to hold our tongue.

Few of us, however, have Alice's courage, at the end of the book, to stand up (literally)for our convictions and refuse to hold our tongue.

Alberto Manguel quotes: 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.

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 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.

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

Alberto Manguel quotes: Partly, what we are may be what we believe we once were and lost.

Partly, what we are may be what we believe we once were and lost.

Alberto Manguel quotes: During the day, the library is a realm of order.

During the day, the library is a realm of order.

Alberto Manguel quotes: Every book can be, for the right reader, an oracle, responding on occasion even to questions unasked..

Every book can be, for the right reader, an oracle, responding on occasion even to questions unasked..

Alberto Manguel quotes: One can transform a place by reading in it.

One can transform a place by reading in it.

Alberto Manguel quotes: If justice takes place, there may be hope, even in the face of a seemingly capricious divinity.

If justice takes place, there may be hope, even in the face of a seemingly capricious divinity.

Alberto Manguel quotes: Ultimately, the number of books always exceeds the space they are granted.

Ultimately, the number of books always exceeds the space they are granted.

Alberto Manguel quotes: The world encyclopedia, the universal library, exists, and it is the world itself.

The world encyclopedia, the universal library, exists, and it is the world itself.

Alberto Manguel quotes: Readers are bullied in schoolyards and in locker-rooms as much as in government offices and prisons.

Readers are bullied in schoolyards and in locker-rooms as much as in government offices and prisons.

Alberto Manguel quotes: the satisfaction of one answer merely leads to asking another question, and so on into infinity.

the satisfaction of one answer merely leads to asking another question, and so on into infinity.

Alberto Manguel quotes: I never talked to anyone about my reading; the need to share came afterwords.

I never talked to anyone about my reading; the need to share came afterwords.

Alberto Manguel quotes: Every reader exists to ensure for a certain book a modest immortality. Reading is, in this sense, a ritual of rebirth.

Every reader exists to ensure for a certain book a modest immortality. Reading is, in this sense, a ritual of rebirth.