A Universal History of the Destruction of Books Quotes

“There is no identity without memory.
if we do not remember what we are, we don't know what we are. Over the centuries, we've seen that when a group or nation attempts to subjugate another group or nation, the first thing they do is erase the traces of its memory in order to reconfigure its identity.”
― Fernando Báez, A Universal History of the Destruction of Books: From Ancient Sumer to Modern-day Iraq

“The book gives substance to human memory. The book, despite being portable, objectifies memory: it is a rational unity that uses audiovisual, printed, or electronic means to represent mnemonic and linguistic will.”
― Fernando Báez, A Universal History of the Destruction of Books: From Ancient Sumer to Modern-day Iraq