“The library smells like old books-a thousand leather doorways into other worlds." "Dear sir, I was called away and couldn't bring you,… — Laura Whitcomb Copy Share Image
“Pick a leader who will make their citizens proud. One who will stir the hearts of the people, so that the sons… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
“During this time (at high school) I discovered the Public Library... It was here that I found a source of knowledge and… — Sydney Brenner Copy Share Image
“Always be reading. Go to the library. There’s magic in being surrounded by books. Get lost in the stacks. Read bibliographies. It’s… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
First paycheck I get, I thought, I'm going to get myself a room near the downtown L.A. Public Library. — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
I saw 'Nightmare on Elm Street' way too young, and then I went to the library, and I got books about how… — Katy O'Brian Copy Share Image
I spent many, many hours in the stack at the University of Washington library just wandering around, when my dad was working,… — Paul Allen Copy Share Image
This whole phenomenon of the computer in a library is an amazing thing. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Humans have externalized their wisdom-stored it in museums, libraries, the expertise of the learned. Dog wisdom is inside the blood and bones. — Donald McCaig Copy Share Image
“I was a hugely unchaperoned reader, and I would wander into my local public library and there sat the world, waiting for… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
And maybe it would have bitten you in half," said Will. "What you are describing, the transformation into a demon, is the… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“Desire overwhelmed me once she had gone. But it was not a desire for Homer. I had to return to the library.… — Christine Aziz Copy Share Image
You remind me of a library book, because I always want to check you out. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The city as a center where, any day in any year, there may be a fresh encounter with a new talent, a… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Read books are far less valuable than unread ones. The library should contain as much of what you do not know as… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
I'm a sucker for lost worlds. I was nostalgic even as a child. I was happiest in my hometown library in Adams,… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
He wished he was with his mom in her library, where everything was safe and numbered and organized by the Dewey decimal… — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
For a person who grew up in the '30s and '40s in the segregated South, with so many doors closed without explanation… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I had a mother who walked to the library with me, and you can't walk to a lot of libraries in San… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
You must overcome any shyness and have a conversation with the librarian, because he can offer you reliable advice that will save… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“It's like a sealed, forgotten chamber in me; I shan't feel complete until I've discovered its entrance.' 'Sounds like a tomb. Aren't… — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
“The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in the history.” — Carl T. Rowan Copy Share Image
Ji-li's deeply moving story should be on the shelf of every person's library. Her courage in the face of adversity and her… — Nien Cheng Copy Share Image
If it is right that schools should be maintained by the whole community for the well-being of the whole, it is right… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
Through books you will meet poets and novelists whose creations will fire your imagination. You will meet the great thinkers who will… — Neil Armstrong Copy Share Image
