The Library of Unwritten Thoughts
Shelves That Held Silence Instead of Words
In a city where every citizen wrote books, one library stood apart. Its shelves were filled with blank volumes. When readers opened them, their minds flooded with thoughts they had never dared express. Some cried. Some laughed. Some left terrified. The librarian explained that unwritten thoughts were the most powerful—they were living, waiting, choosing. When readers closed the books, the pages remained blank, but they walked away carrying entire worlds inside them.
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