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A book which is left on a shelf is a dead thing but it is also a chrysalis, an inanimate object packed with the potential to burst into new life.

Susan Hill
Book, Inanimate Objects, New Life
Susan Hill (2010). “Howards End is on the Landing: A Year of Reading from Home”, p.2, Profile Books
A book which is left on a shelf is a dead thing but it is also a chrysalis, an inanimate object packed with the potential to burst into new life.