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

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Source : Alberto Manguel (2011). “The Library at Night”, p.31, Vintage Canada

Alberto Manguel

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“Choices are at the root of every one of your results.”
“The hardest learned lesson: that people have only their kind of love to give, not our kind.”
“More and more the world is growing to love a lover, and one has only to read the newspapers to see how sympathetic are the times to any generous and adventurous display of the passions.”
“One of the most disruptive forces in the Church is arrogance. It is natural for people to bring their pride to Church, and try to prove their own greatness to others. This is an urge we need to constantly be fighting”
“There should be a period of time during each practice session when you perform. Invite some friends in to your practice room and play a passage or a page of something. ... What I'm trying to indicate is that each day should contain some amount of performing. You should engage in the deliberate act of story telling each day you practice. Don't only gather information when you practice, spend time imparting it. This is important.”
“I was approached personally by the Gibson Corporation.”
“As a student of history, I also know civilization's debt to Islam.”
“My reputation is different among different groups. You have your fans, your non-fans, your team, your crew, your family, your friends and then you have your peers. I think they're all different and each of them have their separate opinions about you.”

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