Deserted libraries hold the shades of writers who worked within, and are haunted by their absence.
Alberto ManguelIf every library is in some sense a reflection of its readers, it is also an image of that which we are not, and cannot be.
Alberto ManguelI like to imagine that, on the day after my last, my library and I will crumble together, so that even when I am no more I'll still be with my books.
Alberto Manguel