People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be…

“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