"Until then I had thought each book spoke of the things, human or divine, that lie outside books. Now I realized that not infrequently books speak of books: it is as if they spoke among themselves. In the light of this reflection, the library seemed all the more disturbing to me. It was then the place of a long, centuries-old murmuring, an imperceptible dialogue between one parchment and another, a living thing, a receptacle of powers not to be ruled by a human mind, a treasure of secrets emanated by many minds, surviving the death of those who had produced them or had been their conveyors." Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
Such a nice reflection on libraries and what they do for us.
"Thank God for books and music and things I can think about." Daniel Keyes, Charlie Gordon in Flowers of Algernon
Especially at times like this.
"Books invite all. They constrain none." Susan Orelan, The Library Book
Books have no prejudices. They are there for all of us.
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All three are good and true but Umberto Eco's is great!
ReplyDeleteI thought so, too. It's amazing how much you can agree with another person. His musings about books are fantastic.
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