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> [When my father first took me to Ennis Library I went down among the shelves and felt company, not only the company of writers, but the readers too, because they had lifted and opened and read these books. The books…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niall-williams/when-my-father-first-took-me-to-ennis-library-i-went-down-among-the/)

[Niall Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niall-williams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdd/niall-williams-14177_book_when-my-father-first-took-me-to-ennis-li_321439.png)

> [Translate a book a dozen times from one language to another, and what becomes of its style? Most books would be worn out and disappear in this ordeal. The pen which wrote it is soon destroyed, but the poem survives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/translate-a-book-a-dozen-times-from-one-language-to-another-and-what/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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