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If justice takes place, there may be hope, even in the face of a seemingly capricious divinity.


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If justice takes place, there may be hope, even in the face of a seemingly capricious divinity.
         



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

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



The love of libraries, like most loves, must be learned.

The love of libraries, like most loves, must be learned.



One book calls to another unexpectedly, creating alliances across different cultures and centuries.

One book calls to another unexpectedly, creating alliances across different cultures and centuries.



Deserted libraries hold the shades of writers who worked within, and are haunted by their absence.

Deserted libraries hold the shades of writers who worked within, and are haunted by their absence.



Entering a library, I am always stuck by the way in which a certain vision of the world is imposed upon the reader through its categories and its order.

Entering a library, I am always stuck by the way in which a certain vision of the world is imposed upon the reader through its categories and its order.



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.

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.



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

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



Unpacking books is a revelatory activity.

Unpacking books is a revelatory activity.



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.

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.



But at night, when the library lamps are lit, the outside world disappears and nothing but the space of books remains in existence.

But at night, when the library lamps are lit, the outside world disappears and nothing but the space of books remains in existence.





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