"I have always imagined Paradise as a kind of library." But also consider being on a deserted island with a library of all the books ever written (including manuscripts, etc.) and the lifespan to read it all: it's both an exhilarating and frightening thought. The library as a prison of the mind, trapped in other people's thoughts. For a writer the best book is the unwritten one, e.g. the blank book that Winston Smith cherishes in 1984.