Alberto Manguel, A History Of Reading

Quotes

• “At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book—that string of confused, alien ciphers—shivered into ...”
• “I don't remember ever feeling lonely; in fact, on the rare occasions when I met other children I found their games and t...”
• “Readers are bullied in schoolyards and in locker-rooms as much as in government offices and prisons.”
• “Each book was a world unto itself, and in it I took refuge.”
• “I wanted to live among books.”