I picture heaven as a vast library, with unlimited volumes to read. And paintings and statues to examine galore. I picture it… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
“Libraries for me have always had a cathedral-like ambiance, a hushed sanctuary where learning is revered, where we the people elevate books… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
What happened?” she breathed, staring at me. “I got hit in the face with a pie,” I said. Mags stopped, blinking. “You… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The library is not, as some would have it, a place for the retiring of disposition or faint of heart. It is… — Eric Burns Copy Share Image
“From The World's Strongest Librarian: To see the value of a library, ignore the adults. Find an inquisitive child who doesn't have… — Josh Hanagarne Copy Share Image
Umberto Eco is the owner of a large personal library of almost 30,000 books that he has not read. [To him] read… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
A library is a place where you can live a thousand lives. So why are you waiting when you could be living?… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I always said it was my ambition to have a library - I have one - and my dream was to have… — Ann Widdecombe Copy Share Image
“Libraries are the thin red line between civilization and barbarism." [ Libraries on the Front Lines , ALA interview 2011]” — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I was the kind of kid whose parents would drop him off at the local town library on their way to work,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
If peace had a smell,it would be the smell of a library full of old, leather-bound books. — Mark Pryor Copy Share Image
The late Queen Victoria once paid a royal visit to a renowned library. At one point, the head librarian asked, "Your Majesty,… — Countess of Longford Elizabeth Pakenham Copy Share Image
A library is a place where you learn what teachers were afraid to teach you. — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Librarians have always been among the most thoughtful and helpful people. They are teachers without a classroom. — Willard Scott Copy Share Image
Everybody has a ‘gripping stranger’ in their lives, Andy, a stranger who unwittingly possesses a bizarre hold over you. Maybe it’s the… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
The idea of education has been so tied to schools, universities, and professors that many assume there is no other way, but… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
“But I wasn't a well-read bookworm; I was just a dumb whore in the right library.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“Besides, Fi was convinced that instinct could determine a body's literary needs, just as physical cravings pointed to dietary shortfalls. She'd experienced… — Masha Hamilton Copy Share Image
Now, many public libraries want to lend e-books, not simply to patrons who come in to download, but to anybody with a… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
I'd leave all the hurry, the noise, and the fray, for a house full of books, and a garden of flowers. — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
I don't have that many days left," he said as we sat together in the library. "Why would I want to spend… — Jacqueline Kelly Copy Share Image
The man who has a library of his own collection is able to contemplate himself objectively, and is justified in believing in… — Augustine Birrell Copy Share Image
You're always in the kitchen," Alianora said when she poked her head through the door a moment later. "Or the library. Don't… — Patricia C. Wrede Copy Share Image
Children have to have access to books, and a lot of children can't go to a store and buy a book. We… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
