When life seems not worth living, ten minutes in a library…

“She might ban me from the library." "The marvelous thing about libraries is that their contents can be easily moved.”

— Alissa Johnson

If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in a library.

— Lily Tomlin

Schools have never been about getting access to information. That's the job of libraries. Schools and universities have nobler missions as gentle gatekeepers. Their…

— Andrew Nikiforuk

“Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors. The library connects us with the insight and knowledge, painfully…

— Carl Sagan

“Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Libraries hold the wisdom of the world and the stories of the ages - available to everyone, free of charge!

— Linda Sue Park

Libraries are where we learn that we can live our lives through books.

— Kevin Barry

“The library was quiet. It was busy but it was quiet and I thought it must be like this in a monastery where you…

— Jeanette Winterson

“The bookworm of great libraries.”

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

Libraries are where it all begins.

— Rita Dove

I think the health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture, and our concern for the future,…

— Carl Sagan

There is a sad disconnectedness that overcomes a library when its owner is gone.

— Lois McMaster Bujold

Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.

— Karin Slaughter

“The most important thing of all was not the poverty of its essence, but that it was there .”

— David Drake

Libraries shelter the spirit, provide food for the mind, and answer the questions raised by the problems of life. They have been the home…

— Roberta Gellis