One book calls to another unexpectedly, creating alliances across different cultures and centuries.
Alberto ManguelDeadlines comes as a surprise....superb: a new genre, in fact, combining the pleasures of list-making with that of last-minute eaves-dropping.
Alberto ManguelReaders are bullied in schoolyards and in locker-rooms as much as in government offices and prisons.
Alberto ManguelI know my time will come soon enough, but I will not dwell on it. What is the purpose? We might as well dwell on the work of our teeth or on the mechanics of our walk. It is there, it will always be there, and I don't intend to spend my glorious hours looking over my shoulder to see death's icy face.
Alberto Manguel