“There are few sights sadder than a ruined book. -Lemony Snicket”
Daniel Handler book The Wide Window
The Wide Window (2000)
“There are many horrible sights in the multiverse. Somehow, though, to a soul attuned to the subtle rhythms of a library, there are few worse sights than a hole where a book ought to be.
Someone had stolen a book.”
— Terry Pratchett, book Guards! Guards!
Source: Guards! Guards!
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