Libraries are a blessing and libraries are a curse: two synonymous characteristics, perhaps specific to libraries. The library is a true blessing when it gives you books and a spacious chest, and you almost read most of what is inside it, and it is a curse when it turns into home decor, which includes a new book every day, but no one desires it. Knocking on her door, disturbing her souls or keeping her company. Libraries are living creatures, Manguel says, and it is a crime to kill them in our homes.