Like Rufus M.

Alberto Manguel writes about libraries:

"But for most writers, even if the stock of books is not formidable, to be able to enter a place where books are seemingly numberless and available for the asking is a joy in itself. 'I knew this was bliss,' [Eudora] Welty wrote late in life, 'knew it at the time. Taste isn't nearly so important; it comes in its own time. I wanted to read immediately. The only fear was that of books coming to an end.'"--The Library at Night