At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book—that string of confused, alien ciphers—shivered into — Alberto Manguel, A History of Reading

At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book—that string of confused, alien ciphers—shivered into — Alberto Manguel, A History of Reading

At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book—that string of confused, alien ciphers—shivered into — Alberto Manguel, A History of Reading

At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book—that string of confused, alien ciphers—shivered into — Alberto Manguel, A History of Reading

At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book—that string of confused, alien ciphers—shivered into — Alberto Manguel, A History of Reading

At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book—that string of confused, alien ciphers—shivered into meaning. Words spoke to you, gave up their secrets; at that moment, whole universes opened. You became, irrevocably, a reader.

— Alberto Manguel, A History of Reading

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