More quotes by Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night

"I have no feelings of guilt regarding the books I have not read and perhaps will never read; I know that my books have unlimited patience. They will wait for me till the end of my days."
"Ultimately, the number of books always exceeds the space they are granted."
"Readers, censors know, are defined by the books they read."
"But at night, when the library lamps are lit, the outside world disappears and nothing but the space of books remains in existence."
"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."