“Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes.”
Edward Gibbon (1737–1794) English historian and Member of Parliament
“that books were mirrors, reflective in sometimes unpredictable ways.”
— Wally Lamb, book I Know This Much Is True
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