Literature · Reflection
ALBERTO MANGUEL ~ DREAMING ABOUT BOOKS
11 May 2012
“We can imagine the books we’d like to read, even if they have not yet been written, and we can imagine libraries full of books we would like to possess, even if they are well beyond our reacher, because we enjoy dreaming up a library that reflects every one of our interests and every one of our foibles–a library that, in its variety and complexity, fully reflects the reader we are.”
Alberto Manguel , The Library at Night
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