“Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors. The library connects us with the insight and… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“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… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Libraries are where we learn that we can live our lives through books. — Kevin Barry Copy Share Image
“The library was quiet. It was busy but it was quiet and I thought it must be like this in a monastery… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
There is a sad disconnectedness that overcomes a library when its owner is gone. — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
“The most important thing of all was not the poverty of its essence, but that it was there .” — David Drake Copy Share Image
“This place is a mystery. A sanctuary. Every book, every volume you see, has a soul. The soul of the person who… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
I applied for funding to embark on an overseas field trip in Iceland, and spent six weeks there happily holed up in… — Hannah Kent Copy Share Image
“Pick a leader who will keep jobs in your country by offering companies incentives to hire only within their borders, not one… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
“The White House is a character crucible," according to Bertram S. Brown, M.D., a psychiatrist who formerly headed the National Institute of… — Ronald Kessler Copy Share Image
“Book lovers love books!" her mother announced. "There's romance about the books- even having them seems to have a kind of excitement."… — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
“Librarians are trained to be polite, patient, and helpful, no matter who stands across the reference desk.The most important thing is that… — Robert Dawson Copy Share Image
“anyone who’s worth anything reads just what he likes, as the mood takes him, and with extravagant enthusiasm.” — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“My mother lived alone in the ruins of the great Library, which was called Compleat, and a very passionate and dashing Library… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
“The woman at the desk was a university graduate, young, colourless, spectacled, and intensely disagreeable. She had a fixed suspicion that no… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Shelving books incorrectly is as good as stealing them. It's almost worse.” — Paul Acampora Copy Share Image
“Libraries are place where one can find satisfaction through books by discovering more ideas” — Abid Hussain Library Officer Copy Share Image
I find it incredible and outrageous that public and school libraries are being forced to close - we'll all pay the price… — Anthony Browne Copy Share Image
“The bookshop felt damp and chilly, but it was still and unsupervised bookshop, and Anna felt a frisson of excitement as she… — Lucy Dillon Copy Share Image
Arnold Schwarzenegger cut teacher's salaries and parks and libraries rather than raise taxes for the many California millionaires and billionaires. — Adam McKay Copy Share Image
“The library is the worst group of people ever assembled in history. They're mean, conniving, rude, and extremely well-read, which makes them… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
