Socrates affirmed that only that which the reader already knows can be sparked by a reading, and that … - Alberto Manguel

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I think with my right hand.

Alberto Manguel

Socrates affirmed that only that which the reader already knows can be sparked by a reading, and that the knowledge cannot be acquired through dead letters.

Acquired, Already, Knows, Letters, Reader, Reading

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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.

Rip, Book, White, Making, Rid, Attach

The starting point is a question.

Point, Question, Starting, Starting Point

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

Book, Perfect, Secret, Books, Pages

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.

Book, Possessed, Tantalizing, Tempting, Titles, Trying

reading is at the beginning of the social contract

Beginning, Contract, Contracts, Reading, Social

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