If every library is in some sense a reflection of its reader... - Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night
"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."
More quotes by Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night
"Unpacking books is a revelatory activity."
"Old 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."
"In my fool hardy youth, when my friends were dreaming of heroic deeds in the realms of engineering and law, finance and national politics, I dreamt of becoming a librarian."
"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."
"My books hold between their covers every story I've ever known and still remember, or have now forgotten, or may one day read; they fill the space around me with ancient and new voices."