Quotes by Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night

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If justice takes place, there may be hope, even in the face of a seemingly capricious divinity. — Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night
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 — Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night
Every reader exists to ensure for a certain book a modest immortality. Reading is, in this sense, a ritual of rebirth. — Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night
Ultimately, the number of books always exceeds the space they are granted. — Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night
In my fool hardy youth, when my friends were dreaming of heroic deeds in the realms of engineering and law, finance and — Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night
My books hold between their covers every story I've ever known and still remember, or have now forgotten, or may one day — Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night
Readers, censors know, are defined by the books they read. — Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night
Unpacking books is a revelatory activity. — Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night
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 — Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night
But at night, when the library lamps are lit, the outside world disappears and nothing but the space of books remains in — Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night
Our society accepts the book as a given, but the act of reading -- once considered useful and important, as well as pote — Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night
Old books that we have known but not possessed cross our path and invite themselves over. New books try to seduce us dai — Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night
In a library, no empty shelf remains empty for long. — Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night
Digestion of words as well; I often read aloud to myself in my writing corner in the library, where no one can hear me, — Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night
It hardly matters why a library is destroyed: every banning, curtailment, shredding, plunder or loot gives rise (at leas — 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 un — Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night
One book calls to another unexpectedly, creating alliances across different cultures and centuries. — Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night
In the dark, with the windows lit and the rows of books glittering, the library is a closed space, a universe of self-se — Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night
There is a line of poetry, a sentence in a fable, a word in an essay, by which my existence is justified; find that line — Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night
A library is an ever-growing entity; it multiples seemingly unaided, it reproduces itself by purchase, theft, borrowings — Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night