'In Tereza's eyes, books were the emblems of a secret brotherhood. For she had but a single weapon against the world of crudity surrounding her: the books she took out of the municipal library ...'
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Milan Kundera, 1984
http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2013/feb/04/depression-bleak-stories-consoling-self-help
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/24/neil-gaiman-face-facts-need-fiction
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/15/neil-gaiman-future-libraries-reading-daydreaming
