Quote by Carl Sagan
A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called
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pages) imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles. One glance at it and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for thousands of years. Across the millennia, the author is speaking, clearly and silently, inside your head, directly to you. Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding in time and space the knowledge, wisdom, and emotions of countless individuals. A book is a conduit through which ideas and experiences are transmitted, connecting generations and enabling the sharing of knowledge and understanding beyond the constraints of time and distance.
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By Carl Sagan
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