6.14.09

On readers

A reading note

Manguel, The Library at Night, page 166

Each reader is but one chapter in the life of a book, and unless he passes his knowledge onto others, it is as if he condemned the book to be buried alive.

I love this. Readers have a responsibility to the text that extends beyond merely reading it; and a book fights for air unless its readers fight to save it.

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