In our day, computer technology and the proliferation of books on CD-ROM have not affected - as far as statistics show - the production and sale of b… - Alberto Manguel

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

A society can exist - many do exist - without writing, but no society can exist without reading.

I had done this all by myself. No one had performed the magic for me. I and the shapes were alone together, revealing themselves in a silently respectful dialogue. Since I could bare lines into living reality, I was all powerful. I could read.