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Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night Quotes: 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.


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



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Unpacking books is a revelatory activity.



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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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