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Maybe this is why we read, and why in moments of darkness we return to books: to find words for what we already know.

Maybe this is why we read, and why in moments of darkness we return to books: to find words for what we already know.

Alberto Manguel
Book, Darkness, Return
Alberto Manguel (2011). “A Reading Diary”, p.66, Vintage Canada

The shelves of books we haven't written, like those of books we haven't read, stretches out into the darkness of the universal library's farthest space. We are always at the beginning of the beginning of the letter A.

Alberto Manguel
Book, Space, Darkness
"A History of Reading". Book by Alberto Manguel, 1996.

Darkness promotes speech.

Alberto Manguel
Darkness, Speech
Alberto Manguel (2011). “The Library at Night”, p.250, Vintage Canada

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