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

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Source : Alberto Manguel (2014). “A History of Reading”, p.27, Penguin

Alberto Manguel

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“White is associated with purity because the entire spectrum is functioning in unity. White is a healing color. White is appropriate for weddings because the unity of male and female symbolizes the unity of allness.”
“Sometimes when a new piece of knowledge comes along you suddenly change your priorities and focus on something completely different instead.”
“I must love big novels, because that's what I've written. It takes a while before you begin to breathe the air the characters breathe.”
“Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease.”
“Tuon's eyes snapped open, and despite the dim light, she focused directly on Mat. She saw the knife in his hand, ready to throw. Then she looked over her shoulder.”
“A true critic, in the perusal of a book, is like a dog at a feast, whose thoughts and stomach are wholly set upon what the guests fling away, and consequently is apt to snarl most when there are the fewest bones.”
“I have my romantic moments - for sure.”
“There is but one Church in which men find salvation, just as outside the ark of Noah it was not possible for anyone to be saved.”

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