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

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Alberto Manguel

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“some we know to be dead even though they walk among us; some are not yet born though they go through all the forms of life; other are hundreds of years old though they call themselves thirty-six”
“There smites nothing so sharp, nor smelleth so sour as shame.”
“The greatest dreams are always unrealistic.”
“Bodies are real entities. Surfaces and lines are but fictitious entities. A surface without depth, a line without thickness, was never seen by any man; no; nor can any conception be seriously formed of its existence.”
“These days we seem more bound to our bosses than ever before. We even identify our own selves with the jobs we do: 'What do you do?' is the first question we ask each other at parties, as if a job title could express a fundamental truth about our personality.”
“My manuscripts sleep, while I cannot, for I am covered with poultices.”
“The more you know about how things are the less you know about how things could be.”
“The stiletto is the icon of erotic femininity. You're taller, thinner and curvier, all at the same time. What's not to like?”

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