“An even more pointed example of the the power of the silence tabu in libraries occurred in Duluth in 1981. The police… — Ray B. Browne Copy Share Image
I saw my ex-husband in the street. I was sitting on the steps of the new library. Hello, my life, I said.… — Grace Paley Copy Share Image
In the library of the world men have hitherto been ranged according to the form, and the binding; the time is coming… — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
His manners were less pure, but his character was equally amiable with that of his father. Twenty-two acknowledged concubines, and a library… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“More than a building that houses books and data, the library has always been a window to a larger world--a place where… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What was it with people always trying to kill me in the library? Nickamedes so needed to put up warning signs. Danger:… — Jennifer Estep Copy Share Image
I discovered Deborah Ellis's books in the school library after my head teacher encouraged me to go beyond the school curriculum and… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
It's one thing, holding open the door for someone at a grocery store, or the library, or just about anyplace else. But… — Linwood Barclay Copy Share Image
The library, to me, is the second most sacred physical space on the planet. — Nikky Finney Copy Share Image
“While it is true that outside the library I have lived a life of wickedness, inside it I've always been as devoted… — Andrew Davidson Copy Share Image
I want to have schools and libraries and other institutions named after me. I tell my daughter that all the time. — Kam Williams Copy Share Image
“My dear," replied her husband, "I have two small favours to request. First, that you will allow me the free use of… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I love to read, but I didn't know how I could keep up with my eyes, ... But I remembered that the… — Dorothy Bryant Copy Share Image
The library is every child's lighthouse. It is every person's sanctuary. It is every town and county's fortress in the face of… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
While writing my memoir, 'When Skateboards Will Be Free,' I would sometimes have to pore over hours of microfilm at the New… — Said Sayrafiezadeh Copy Share Image
the grim, grand African forests are like a great library, in which, so far, I can do little more than look at… — Mary Kingsley Copy Share Image
“We don’t have to destroy the library of the past. We just need to give it a face-lift.” — Scott Douglas Copy Share Image
Reclaim your role as eco-role models and exemplars in your community. Change is happening rapidly. Let libraries continue to be at the… — Wanda Urbanska Copy Share Image
When I first moved to L.A., I didn't have a lot of money to join a gym or take classes, so I… — AnnaLynne McCord Copy Share Image
One of the reasons that I take such joy in being a trustee of the New York Public Library is the love… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
“A fool may buy all the books in the world, and they will be in his library; but he will be able… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The truth is libraries are raucous clubhouses for free speech, controversy and community. — Paula Poundstone Copy Share Image
I was always looking ahead. I used to do all kinds of things for entertainment. When I was young, we had no… — Clyde Tombaugh Copy Share Image
“a light that made me think of long hours in dusty libraries, and old books, and silence.” — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
You can go into the Library of Congress and find information on just about anything, but that doesn't do you much good… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
[People in 1600s] didn't have many books. They would have been staggered by the personal libraries we have today, because books back… — Stephen Greenblatt Copy Share Image
“Be careful. As if something’s going to jump us in a library.” “You might be surprised.” “What do you mean?” “You know… — Max Gladstone Copy Share Image
To be rich is to have a ticket of admission to the masterworks and chief men of each race. It is to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Unlearned men of books assume the care, As eunuchs are the guardians of the fair. — Edward Young Copy Share Image
“You have that look on your face,” she whispered mockingly, “that Beast-just-gave-Beauty-a-whole-frickin’-library look and now she’s going to spin around like she… — Victoria Kahler Copy Share Image
If there are no films or plays of interest to me, I don't go. I know how to go to a museum… — Phylicia Rashad Copy Share Image
Certainly, envy is no monopoly of the poor; it makes itself felt in all sections of society; it haunts the court, the… — Henry Parry Liddon 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
“What can a man read in a library of cannibals? Bloody books bound by bones in tissues’ paper.” — Stephan Attia Copy Share Image
Education is not the amount of information that is put into your brain and runs riot there, undigested all your life. We… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Schools and libraries are the twin cornerstones of a civilized society. Libraries are only good if people use them, like books only… — Nicholas Meyer Copy Share Image
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