I can't get it out," she said. "Just pull at it." "It hurts. It's throbbing." "Pull harder." "I can't! It's truly stuck.… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
She went out and took a last long look at the shabby little library. She knew she would never see it again.… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
Sometimes I just experiment quite a lot. I've always got my computer set up to record so I'll just record a sort… — Thighpaulsandra Copy Share Image
Before going back to college, i knew i didn't want to be an intellectual, spending my life in books and libraries without… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
Public libraries are critical learning centers for New Mexicans that bring communities together, especially in our rural regions that depend on library… — Ben Ray Lujan Copy Share Image
“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
