"My maternal grandmother - she was a compulsive……" — Umberto Eco

"My maternal grandmother - she was a compulsive reader. She had only been through five grades of elementary school, but she was a member of the municipal library, and she brought home two or three books a week for me. They could be dime novels or Balzac."

Umberto Eco

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