It has always been my experience that, whatever groupings I choose for my books, the space in which I plan to lodge them necessarily reshapes my choice and, more important, in no time proves too small for them and forces me to change my arrangement. In a library, no empty shelf remains empty for long. Like Nature, libraries abhor a vacuum, and the problem of space is inherent in the very nature of any collection of books.
Alberto ManguelMost readers, then and now, have at some time experienced the humiliation of being told that their occupation is reprehensible.
Alberto ManguelMaybe this is why we read, and why in moments of darkness we return to books: to find words for what we already know.
Alberto ManguelA society can exist - many do exist - without writing, but no society can exist without reading.
Alberto Manguel