I stayed in the library, crushed breathless by the smoldering power of all those words – many of them unfathomable – until Happy Hour. And then I left.
The narrator describes a deeply immersive experience in the library, overwhelmed by the weight and intensity of the words surrounding him. These words evoke a powerful and sometimes incomprehensible sense of meaning, making him feel both inspired and breathless. The library becomes a sanctuary for reflection and introspection, a place where the complexities of language resonate within him.