As with men, it has always seemed to me that books have their own peculiar destinies. They go towards the people who are waiting for them and reach them at the right moment. They are made of living material and continue to cast light through the darkness long after the death of their authors. Miguel Serrano
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In 1985, Vladimir Nabokov died. In his will, he left a copy of "Lolita" to his friend, Edmund Wilson. In the letter that accompanied the book, Nabokov wrote: "I have been given a new life as a work of art." He was speaking about books as art--not just as literature. I agree with Nabokov.

Books have their own destinies. They go towards those who are waiting for them and reach them at the right moment. They are made of living material and continue to cast light through the darkness long after their authors have passed away.

Source: C.g. Jung And Hermann Hesse: A Book Of Two Friendships

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