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A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. so the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion.
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Novelist Quotes Category: Italian Novelist Quotes Date of Birth: January 5, 1932 Nationality: Italian Amazon: Umberto Eco on Amazon |
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Aldous Huxley Charles Dickens E. M. Forster Ernest Hemingway Gustave Flaubert Honore de Balzac Samuel Richardson Will Thomas |
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