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“Entering a library, I am always stuck by the way in which a certain vision of the world is imposed upon the reader through its categories and its order.”
“During the day, the library is a realm of order.”
“Immaterial as water, too vast for any mortal apprehension, the Web's outstanding qualities allow us to confuse the ungraspable with the eternal.”
“Unpacking books is a revelatory activity.”
“Books have long been instruments of the divinatory arts.”
“The love of libraries, like most loves, must be learned.”