A book is a physical object in a world of physical objects. It is a set of dead symbols. And then the right reader comes along, and the words — or ra… - Jorge Luis Borges

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A book is a physical object in a world of physical objects. It is a set of dead symbols. And then the right reader comes along, and the words — or rather the poetry behind the words, for the words themselves are mere symbols — spring to life, and we have a resurrection of the word.