“It has long been my belief that everyone's library contains an Odd Shelf. On this shelf rests a small, mysterious corpus of… — Anne Fadiman Copy Share Image
I have an extensive library - every birthday when I was a kid my parents would ask what movie or book I… — Mark Bridges Copy Share Image
...as parents, we have to find the time and the energy to step in and help our children love reading. We can… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When my father first took me to Ennis Library I went down among the shelves and felt company, not only the company… — Niall Williams Copy Share Image
“When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
Dad claims that library science is the foundation of all sciences just as math is the key -- and we will survive… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Something about the beauty of the library and how many books there were made me feel really eager to read, and I… — Francine Prose Copy Share Image
“Jared looked around the room. It was a smallish library, with one huge desk in the center. On it was an open… — Tony DiTerlizzi Copy Share Image
A friend of mine said to me a year ago, "You're so lucky, Nancy, because Ronnie left you the library," She said,… — Nancy Reagan Copy Share Image
Look at the way the walls curve,' Macey said, her gaze panning around the strangely shaped room. 'it's almost like...' 'The library,'… — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
One's life is more formed, I sometimes think, by books than by human beings: it is out of books one learns about… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
I shall be so glad if you will tell me what to read. I have been looking into all the books in… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“I close my eyes and take a deep breath, and like a gentle cloud the wonder of it all settles over me.… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Anyone who loves books the way Homer does, loves libraries, too. It doesn't matter if the library has fancy red leather chairs… — Suzanne Selfors Copy Share Image
A library is many things. It's a place to go, to get in out of the rain. It's a place to go… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
It seems reasonable to envision, for a time 10 or 15 years hence, a "thinking center" that will incorporate the functions of… — J. C. R. Licklider Copy Share Image
“A library is more than a brick and mortar building filled with delicious books. It is also a community of people who… — ALA Copy Share Image
The library companies have made it so that music is so cheap to license. They do sound-alikes of every band, and it… — Brian Reitzell Copy Share Image
When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
I predict that you students who are burning out from the pressure to fix upon a career choice as early as possible… — Hilary Farr Copy Share Image
I had no books at home. I started to frequent a public library in Lisbon. It was there, with no help except… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
Schools have never been about getting access to information. That's the job of libraries. Schools and universities have nobler missions as gentle… — Andrew Nikiforuk Copy Share Image
The imaginary is not formed in opposition to reality as its denial or compensation; it grows among signs, from book to book,… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
I took to the Bodleian library as to a lover and ... would sit long hours in Bodley's arms to emerge, blinking… — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
Madam, a circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge; it blossoms through the year. And depend… — Richard Brinsley Sheridan Copy Share Image
The message is clear: libraries matter. Their solid presence at the heart of our towns sends the proud signal that everyone -… — Kate Mosse Copy Share Image
I do not know how wicked American millionaires are, but as I travel about and see the results of their generosity in… — William Lyon Phelps Copy Share Image
The ability to have that mobility of music right now, where you can be in an airport with a sample library, it… — Bonobo Copy Share Image
I used to steal from the library, which is a crime and it's bad, but I just couldn't get enough books, and… — Sara Pascoe Copy Share Image
I'm a sucker for lost worlds. I was nostalgic even as a child. I was happiest in my hometown library in Adams,… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
“When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that the door… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
Libraries really are wonderful. They're better than bookshops, even. I mean bookshops make a profit on selling you books, but libraries just… — Jo Walton Copy Share Image
Public libraries are the sole community centers left in America. The degree to which a branch of the local library is connected… — Russell Banks Copy Share Image
It's easy to blame the nature-deficit disorder on the kids' or the parents' back, but they also need the help of urban… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
I began reading everyhing in the family library. Kidnapped, Treasure Island, Robinson Crusoe. And of course, if you're running out of books… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“All libraries must submit to a certain order, I answered. Indeed, agreed the professor, or all will be lost. The fall of… — Rawi Hage Copy Share Image
I wasn't a great student, but I was interested in this theater thing, and I could spend hours in the library researching… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
I was a hugely unchaperoned reader, and I would wander into my local public library and there sat the world, waiting for… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
Wasn't there a spell for making yourself happy? Somebody must have invented one. How could he have missed it? Why didn't they… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
