The readers who commited suicide after reading 'Werther' were not ideal but merely sentimental readers. - Alberto Manguel

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The pains of childbirth were altogether different from the enveloping effects of other kinds of pain. These were pains one could follow with one's mind.

Alberto Manguel

The readers who commited suicide after reading 'Werther' were not ideal but merely sentimental readers.

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Old or new, the only sign I always try to rid my books of (usually with little success) is the price-sticker that malignant booksellers attach to the backs. These evil white scabs rip off with difficulty, leaving leprous wounds and traces of slime to which adhere the dust and fluff of ages, making me wish for a special gummy hell to which the inventor of these stickers would be condemned.

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In any of my pages in any of my books may life a perfect account of my secret experience of the world.

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Old books that we have known but not possessed cross our path and invite themselves over. New books try to seduce us daily with tempting titles and tantalizing covers.

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reading is at the beginning of the social contract

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