Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out.
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A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.
Why wouldn't - how couldn't - an author care about how his or her books look?
I try to picture my books being acted out.
Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.
The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.
Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this service we lay them aside.
Books are magic: you never know where they're going to end up.
You can't have eyes on the wall, or the angels won't come in. That's what we believe.
I think my books come out very visual, which is an obvious consequence.
Books allow you to see the world through the eyes of others.
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