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> [“To reduce a library to simple architecture, bricks and mortar is a mistake. Similarly, to suggest a library is defined by the books on the shelf is erroneous. Libraries are very special spaces, spaces where people come together in separate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hardeep-singh-kohli/to-reduce-a-library-to-simple-architecture-bricks-and-mortar-is-a/)

[Hardeep Singh Kohli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hardeep-singh-kohli/)

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> [“To reduce a library to simple architecture, bricks and mortar is a mistake. Similarly, to suggest a library is defined by the books on the shelf is erroneous.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bennett/to-reduce-a-library-to-simple-architecture-bricks-and-mortar-is-a-2/)

[Alan Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bennett/)

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