The place was part museum, part library, and part archive; I loved it at first sight...and smell, for here… — Dan Simmons
The place was part museum, part library, and part archive; I loved it at first sight...and smell, for here there were thousands of printed books, many very old indeed, and nothing smells quite as wonderful as old books.
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