The Library of Echoes

There existed a library where no book stayed silent. When someone opened a volume, it whispered back not answers but the echo of the reader’s own unspoken doubts. Travelers found themselves lost among shelves repeating forgotten fears, abandoned dreams, and the truths they pretended not to know. One day, a wanderer asked the library how to escape its labyrinth. The books rustled softly: “Leave when your questions become quieter than your courage.” He closed the last book, held his breath, and stepped forward—not through a door, but into the version of himself he had run from for years.