"At night, here in the library, the ghosts…" — Alberto Manguel

"At night, here in the library, the ghosts have voices."

— Alberto Manguel

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84 Quotes by Alberto Manguel

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Not until I came to Canada did I realize that snow was a four-letter word.
A society can exist - many do exist - without writing, but no society can exist without reading.
Most readers, then and now, have at some time experienced the humiliation of being told that their occupation is reprehensible.
Slothful, feeble, pretentious, pedantic, elitist - these are some of the epithets that eventually become associated with the absent minded…
The shelves of books we haven't written, like those of books we haven't read, stretches out into the darkness of…
And sometimes, when the stars are kind, we read with an intake of breath, with a shudder, as if someone…
Old or new, the only sign I always try to rid my books of (usually with little success) is the…
If the book is second-hand, I leave all its markings intact, the spoor of previous readers, fellow-travellers who have recorded…
At night, here in the library, the ghosts have voices.... The various qualities of my readings seem to permeate my…
Ordered by subject, by importance, ordered according to whether the book was penned by God or by one of God's…
I always knew that I wanted to live with books, even as a child, because we traveled a lot. Home…
The telling of stories creates the real world.

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The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. — Francis Bacon
A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run. — George Matthew Adams
Ghosts, like ladies, never speak till spoke to. — Richard Harris Barham
We glorify the Holy Ghost together with the Father and the Son, from the conviction that He is not separated… — Saint Basil
As we were baptized, so we profess our belief. As we profess our belief, so also we offer praise. As… — Saint Basil
God our Father, Jesus, our Elder Brother and our Redeemer, and the Holy Ghost, the Testator, are perfect. They know… — Ezra Taft Benson
O Death, rock me asleep, bring me to quiet rest, let pass my weary guiltless ghost out of my careful… — Anne Boleyn
On the other hand, what I like my music to do to me is awaken the ghosts inside of me.… — David Bowie
In Eastern culture, people see ghosts, people talk about ghosts... it's just accepted. And in Western culture it's just not. — Jessica Alba
As a child, these colourful superheroes that could fly, or were horrifying like Ghost Rider and the Hulk, with this… — Nicolas Cage
I think that 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance' was mentally taxing, if only because I had to go to a… — Nicolas Cage
I would like to hook up with one of the great Japanese filmmakers, like the master that made 'Ringu,' and… — Nicolas Cage

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