Terry PratchettThere 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.
About This Quote
In this quote from the Lexicon of Rhetoric , someone stole a book from a library. The person who took the book was not just a thief, but a vandal, removing a work of art from its rightful place. Yet, in a way, the person did something good for the world. He or she took a book and transformed it into knowledge.
Source: Guards! Guards!
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