Double Fold Quotes

“In 1855, as the price of paper rose, Dr. Deck proposed to dig up 2 1/2 million tons of Egyptian mummies, ship them to New York, unroll them; and use their linen wrappings to make paper.”
― Nicholson Baker, Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper

“During a 10-year period the locomotives of Egypt made us of no other fuel than that furnished by the well-wrapped, compact mummies.”
― Nicholson Baker, Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper