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If the book is second-hand, I leave all its markings intact, the s

If the book is second-hand, I leave all its markings intact, the spoor of previous readers, fellow-travellers who have recorded their passage by means of scribbled comments, a name on the fly-leaf, a bus ticket to mark a certain page. – Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night

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People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading. – Logan Pearsall Smith, Trivia, 1917

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