I like shelves full of books in a library, but if all books become electronic, the task of big research libraries remains… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
We take it into account from the very beginning and try to steer couples toward items that lend themselves to those circumstances.… — David Castle Copy Share Image
No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library; for who can see the… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Orphan could no longer hear or see the shadows of the dead. He didn't think they had perished. Most likely they were… — Lavie Tidhar Copy Share Image
sometimes after I finished a particularly good book, I had the urge to get the library card, find out who else had… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
The worst thing in the world was the way I felt when I wanted us to be like the families in the… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
I read,' I say. 'I study and read. I bet I've read everything you've read. Don't think I haven't. I consume libraries.… — David Foster Wallace 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
'Children, don't speak so coarsely,' said Mr Webster, who had a vague notion that some supervision should be exercised over his daughters'… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
“It is fascinating that Baghdad had more than 100 public libraries in the year 891, Cordoba had 70 public libraries at the… — Balqis Suja Copy Share Image
When I was a young boy, I loved spending hours in St. Franics Xavier's school library at Saint Louis University. The feel… — William Lacy Clay, Jr Copy Share Image
“Today the sight that discourages book people most is to walk into a public library and see computers where books used to… — Larry McMurtry Copy Share Image
Libraries are the future of reading. When the economy is down, we need to make it easier for people to buy and… — Courtney Milan Copy Share Image
To live in the world without becoming aware of the meaning of the world is like wandering about in a great library… — Manly Hall Copy Share Image
“I put the books I was returning on the appropriate desk, and I began looking at the shelves of new arrivals. Most… — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
“Dispersal was a conscious strategy of the plunderers. Only by destroying these collections could they build up new ones. Many of these… — Anders Rydell Copy Share Image
I don't really have an office or anything, and I like to have to move location every two hours. So I just… — Steve Toltz Copy Share Image
“As Borges has taught us, all the books in the library are contemporary. Great poems are like granaries: they are always ready… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
For a whole year in elementary school, when the class marched down to the school library every week, I would refuse to… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
As I stood outside in Cow Lane, it occurred to me that Heaven must be a place where the library is open… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
It was an incredible resource. I'd sit with a big stack of bound New Yorkers in the library and read through, especially… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
Mr. Pewter led them through to a library, filled with thousands of antiquarian books. 'Impressive, eh?' 'Very,' said Jack. 'How did you… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
I was obsessed with George Orwell for years. I remember going to the town library and having to put in interlibrary loan… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
Whatever the theologians might say about heaven being in a state of union with God, I knew it consisted of an infinite… — Dervla Murphy Copy Share Image
Many years ago, when I was just about as complete a failure as one can become, I began to spend a good… — Og Mandino Copy Share Image
Shera's Two Laws of Cataloging: Law #1, No cataloger will accept the work of any other cataloger. Law #2: No cataloger will… — Jesse Shera Copy Share Image
I took anatomy classes. I went to medical libraries and talked to doctors and nutritionists. I did the whole thing before using… — Marilu Henner Copy Share Image
Oh, I collect facts and quotes when I can't write, and I can't write most of the time. I do a little… — Jenny Offill Copy Share Image
We walked out of this library building downtown, just on our way to lunch, and I was walking a few steps behind… — Peter Jacobson Copy Share Image
To take pride in a library kills it. Then, its motive power shifts over to the critical if admiring visitor, and apologies… — Carolyn Wells Copy Share Image
Part of my job is to help other kids find books, because not everyone has a keenly organized mind. Some kids could… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
I don't do casinos or prisons; I like to do projects that enhance the lives of everyday people, like campus buildings, libraries,… — Philip Freelon Copy Share Image
Many people who I respected were disappointed when I started 'Wine Library TV.' They thought I was dumbing down wine, but I… — Gary Vaynerchuk Copy Share Image
“I stood in the library admiring the huge book collection. There was something inherently calming about being surrounded by books, even their… — Saffron Mello Castro Copy Share Image
“The choices you have for your children are not the same as mine. For me, there is no such thing as a… — Sara Ellie MacKenzie Copy Share Image
If even rock was interesting, if even this ugliness was worth whole shelves at the library, required sophisticated tools to study, and… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
“I know you're blond, but...” “Oh, you did not just say that!” I grab his book and whack his arm with it.… — Lindy Zart Copy Share Image
I have a home-school group with a couple of my friends. We switch off going to each others' houses and going to… — Willow Shields Copy Share Image
“Thoze four beople who will reprasent awl of the bibrareans id the creat and heroik Mountain states knaw one thing aboot anything… — Chris Grabenstein Copy Share Image
If the library in the morning suggests an echo of the severe and reasonable wishful order of the world, the library at… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
