It was also a room full of books and made of books. There was no actua…

Terry Pratchett
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It was also a room full of books and made of books. There was no actual furniture; this is to say, the desk and chairs were shaped out of books. It looked as though many of them were frequently referred to, because they lay open with other books used as bookmarks. ✨ Terry Pratchett (2008). Going Postal: (Discworld Novel 33), p.238, Random House
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