The Boston run of 'Lolita, My Love' ended after a mere nine performances - though one of them was recorded at decent… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
“One of the happiest days of my life was when my mother wrote a note to the public librarians saying 'Let her… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
We didn't have a phone when I was a kid, and I was too shy to smash any public phones, and our… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I noticed a taxi stop across the street to let out a girl who ran up the steps of the Forty-second Street… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
In America there is a public library in every community. How many public libraries are there in Africa? Every day there are… — George Weah Copy Share Image
“A zoo is a cultural institution. Like a public library, like a museum, it is at the service of popular education and… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
I remember being in the public library and my jaw just aching as I looked around at all those books I wanted… — Charles Kuralt Copy Share Image
Where I grew up, we had the three TV networks, maybe two radio stations, no cable TV. We still had a long-distance… — Marc Andreessen Copy Share Image
“I received the fundamentals of my education in school, but that was not enough. My real education, the superstructure, the details, the… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
I was so inspired by Dr. King that in 1956 with my brothers and sisters and first cousins, I was only 16… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
“This place might have been paradise, a treasure trove far greater than any to be found in a pirate yarn. Everywhere he… — Lavie Tidhar Copy Share Image
“We take off for New Jersey. Gigantic landscape of factories, bridges, and railroads. And then, suddenly, East Orange and a countryside as… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“Knowledge is fundamental to all human achievements and progress. It is both the key and the quest that advances mankind. The search… — Neil Armstrong Copy Share Image
“During this time (at high school) I discovered the Public Library... It was here that I found a source of knowledge and… — Sydney Brenner Copy Share Image
While on the subject of burning books, I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength, who, all over this… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and… — E.B. White Copy Share Image
I was so inspired by Dr. King that in 1956, with some of my brothers and sisters and first cousins - I… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
I've seen the most remarkable thing. It's in the New York Public Library. They've got the original typescript of 'The Importance of… — Peter Shaffer Copy Share Image
Support your public library! It is a treasure and a legacy that will provide entertainment, information, a sense of community, and real… — John Lescroart Copy Share Image
We English majors...need to promote public libraries as a tool in the war against terror. How many readers of Edith Wharton have… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
“Still. Four words. And I didn’t realize it until a couple of days ago, when someone wrote in to my blog: Dear… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
...Mr. Wodehouse is a prose stylist of such startling talent that Frankie nearly skipped around with glee when she first read some… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
“Speaking of libraries: A big open-stack academic or public library is no small pleasure to work in. You're, say, trying to do… — John McPhee Copy Share Image
“I hate computers. My hatred is entrenched, and I nourish it daily. I’m comfortable with it, and no community outreach program will… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“Plenty of patrons had asked me strange things, but this was the first who asked me where my car was parked. It… — Scott Douglas Copy Share Image
“For myself I can say that, having had every good thing that money can buy, an experience like another, I could part… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“But then his parents changed. A year of California had changed them. They stopped sending money. Greg was forced to go out… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
I would walk into the Carnegie Library and I would see the pictures of Booker T. and pictures of Frederick Douglass and… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
“When she decided to get a job, she rejected a tempting offer from a company that had just been set up in… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Then the question began to live under my blankets: How did lesbianism begin? What were the symptoms? The public library gave information… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“Nixon was finding enemies everywhere: among liberals, the bureaucracy, on Capitol Hill, and in the press. “We can have peace. We can… — John A. Farrell Copy Share Image
“Today the sight that discourages book people most is to walk into a public library and see computers where books used to… — Larry McMurtry Copy Share Image
“In the ideal public library, we are all readers of the “middling sort.” Reading whatever we will, we fulfill a public function,… — Matthew Battles Copy Share Image
I spent three years researching American Rose, research that included connecting with Gypsy's sister, the late actress June Havoc (I was the… — Karen Abbott Copy Share Image
If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
