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hushicho

on Sept. 14, 2021

I have always liked libraries and bookshops like this: winding shelves in spaces cramped with books, not particularly brilliantly-lit, where you're not sure if you might be the first person to have paused by a particular section in a long time. Where you can only distantly hear the piped-in music, or the muffled conversations of others, which sound like whispers or murmurs. I have always loved being alone with books.