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.
A working library is an exploration of—and advocate for—





