Stalin, those pages you saw with the writing on it are the pages you have to collect, you went by a whole bunch of them. To pick them up look at them and left click. The flashlight does have a limited lifespan. And you can be attacked at any point in the game, but the more pages you collect and the more time you spend the more likely it is that you will be attacked. Also he/it has the ability to instantly kill you if you get too close.
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