“They should be taking bonuses from bankers, not library books from schoolchildren. What kind of society are we building?” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“One of the powerful functions of a library — any library — lies in its ability to take us away from worlds… — Richard F. Thomas Copy Share Image
“I grew up in libraries, and I hope I've learned never to take them for granted. A thriving library is the heart… — Josie Brown Copy Share Image
“No one can imagine the kind of pressure being president of the U.S. imposes on an individual and how easily a president… — Ronald Kessler Copy Share Image
“But I didn't mind. I loved that everything was cataloged and ready to go and that I was technically now living and… — B.J. Novak Copy Share Image
“She read her way around the library, hungry for journeys, adventures, laughter and passion. She took each new book to bed like… — Cath Staincliffe Copy Share Image
“There wasn't a place I could think of that was more magical than a building bursting with books and stories and words...” — Lindsay Eland Copy Share Image
“She wore heavy sandals, with socks. No kid in the entire state of Mississippi wore black socks in the summer. Shoot, if… — Augusta Scattergood Copy Share Image
“A library is a different kind of social reality (of the three dimensional kind), which by its very existence teaches a system… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
“It’s always the end of the world,” said Russell Grandinetti, one of Amazon’s top executives. “You could set your watch on it… — Russell Grandinetti Copy Share Image
“Depriving our communities of libraries will deprive our society of its ability to survive. - Neil Gaiman” — Kyle Cassidy Copy Share Image
There were also very special or dangerous items that had to be fetched in person, or even by large parties of armed… — Garth Nix Copy Share Image
“To love books mean to love Libraries, to love libraries mean to love knowledge and to love knowledge mean to love creator.” — Abid Hussain Library Officer Copy Share Image
“Civilized nations build libraries; lands that have lost their soul close them down.” — Toby Forward Copy Share Image
Go to Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic, or any college and you'll see libraries, dormitories, and a lot of buildings that were a… — Foster Friess Copy Share Image
“My guess is (it will be) about 300 years until computers are as good as, say, your local reference library in search.” — Google.com Craig Silverstein (Director of Technology Copy Share Image
What saved me from total academic failure and overwhelming ennui, was my love of libraries and all they encompass. — Hilary Farr Copy Share Image
“For six months, then, Emma, at fifteen years of age, made her hands dirty with books from old lending libraries.” — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
“Should he give free reign to his desires, the bibliomaniac can ruin his life along with the lives of his loved ones.… — Mikita Brottman Copy Share Image
“I told him. We got a library here. Got plenty of good books, too. -Larry Brown, Dirty Work” — Larry Brown Copy Share Image
“[Public] libraries should be open to all—except the censor. [Response to questionnaire in Saturday Review, October 29 1960] ” — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“The classroom was a jail of other people’s interests. The library was open, unending, free.” — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
