Every library is a library of preferences, and every chosen category implies an exclusion. - Alberto Manguel

Something about the possession of a book - an object that can contain infinite fables, words of wisdom, chronicles of times gone by, humorous anecdotes and divine revelation - endows the reader with the power of creating a story, and the listener with a sense of being present at the moment of creation.

As we read a text in our own language, the text itself becomes a barrier.

Books read in a public library never have the same flavour as books read in the attic or the kitchen.